U.S. v. HELMSLEY

Nos. 297, 298, Dockets 88-1325, 88-1326.

866 F.2d 19 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harry B. HELMSLEY, Leona M. Helmsley, Joseph V. Licari and Frank J. Turco, Defendants, Harry B. Helmsley and Leona M. Helmsley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1988.

Opinion January 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Wing, New York City (Harris J. Yale, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, of counsel for defendant-appellant Harry B. Helmsley, Gerald A. Feffer, James A. Bruton, III, Eva M. Petko, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., of counsel for defendant-appellant Leona M. Helmsley), for defendants-appellants Harry B. Helmsley and Leona M. Helmsley.

James R. Devita, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Cathy Seibel, Celia Goldwag Barenholtz, Asst. U.S. Attys., S.D.N.Y., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before LUMBARD and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges, and CHOLAKIS, District Judge.


CHOLAKIS, District Judge:

On April 14, 1988, a grand jury in the Southern District of New York handed up an indictment charging Harry B. and Leona M. Helmsley, as well as Joseph V. Licari and Frank J. Turco, in 47 counts with tax evasion, false tax returns, mail fraud, extortion and conspiracy in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 7201 (1982) and 7206(1) and (2) (1982), and 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 (1982), 371 (1982), 1341 (1982) and 1951 (1982). Due to the Helmsleys...

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