U.S. v. ARVANITIS

No. 87 CR 515.

676 F.Supp. 840 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Peter ARVANITIS; Robert Richards, also known as "Joseph Moretti," "Robert Moreno," "Ray Milano," and "Bob Ricardi"; Peter Leventopoulos, also known as "Muscles"; Perikles Panagiotaros, also known as "Perry Panagiotaros"; John Yannakis; Anastasios Paschalis; Peter Gaitanis; Stelios Panagiotaros, also known as "Stanley Peters"; Nick Chris George; Bill Chris George; Peter George Chekalas, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

December 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Miller, Ted Helwig, Asst. U.S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Allan A. Ackerman, Chicago, Ill., for Peter Arvanitis.

Thomas J. Royce, Chicago, Ill., for Robert Richards.

Richard Pezzopane, Oak Lawn, Ill., for Peter Leventopoulos.

Ronald D. Menaker, Chicago, Ill., for Perikles Panagiotaros.

William Theis, Chicago, Ill., for John Yannakis.

John Theis, Chicago, Ill., for Anastasious Paschalis.

David P. Schippers and Craig Tobin, Chicago, Ill., for Peter Gaitanis.

Patrick Tuite, Chicago, Ill., for Stelios Panagiotaros.

Sherman M. Carmell, Carmell, Charone, Widmer & Mathews, Chicago, Ill., for Nick Chris George.

Matthias A. Lydon, Lydon & Griffin, Chicago, Ill., for Bill Chris George.

Patrick J. Calihan, Chicago, Ill., for Peter George Chekalas.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge.

The twenty-eight count indictment in this case names eleven defendants; although only eight defendants are to be tried in this Court.1 Count 1 charges that four defendants, along with unindicted co-conspirators, conspired to participate in the affairs of a racketeering enterprise. 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) (1982) ("RICO"). Counts 2-5 charge each RICO co-conspirator with substantive...

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