UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,
v.
Filippo CASAMENTO, Emanuele Palazzolo, Giovanni Cangialosi, Salvatore Salamone, Giovanni Ligammari, Frank Castronovo, Gaetano Badalamenti, Salvatore Catalano, Giuseppe Lamberti, Salvatore Mazzurco, Salvatore Lamberti, Giuseppe Trupiano, Giuseppe Vitale, Lorenzo Devardo, Salvatore Greco, Francesco Polizzi, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 26, 1989.
Decided October 11, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph W. Ryan, Jr., Uniondale, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Filippo Casamento.
Bobbi C. Sternheim, New York City, for defendant-appellant Emanuele Palazzolo.
Gerald J. Dichiara, New York City, for defendant-appellant Giovanni Cangialosi.
Susan G. Kellman, New York City, for defendant-appellant Salvatore Salamone.
Barry M. Fallick, New York City, (Rochman, Platzer & Fallick, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants Giovanni Ligammari and Giuseppe Lamberti.
Kenneth J. Kaplan, New York City (Robert F. Katzberg, Alice K. Berke, Kaplan & Katzberg, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Frank Castronovo.
Charles F. Carnesi, Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Gaetano Badalamenti.
James A. Cohen, New York City (Mario Malerba, Queens, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Salvatore Catalano.
Jonathan J. Silbermann, New York City, for defendants-appellants Salvatore Mazzurco and Salvatore Lamberti.
Marvin E. Schechter, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sercarz, Schechter & Lopez, Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Salvatore Lamberti.
Salvatore S. Russo, Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Giuseppe Trupiano.
Harriet B. Rosen, Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Giuseppe Vitale.
James T. Moriarty, New York City, for defendant-appellant Lorenzo Devardo.
Alan Scribner, Contoocook, N.H. (Larry Bronson, Bayonne, N.J., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Salvatore Greco.
Morrill J. Cole, Hackensack, N.J. (Evan L. Steinberg, Cole, Schotz, Bernstein, Meisel & Forman, Hackensack, N.J., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Francesco Polizzi.
Louis J. Freeh, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Robert B. Bucknam, Andrew C. McCarthy, Daniel C. Richman, Celia Goldwag Barenholtz, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, Richard A. Martin, Robert C. Stewart, Dept. of Justice Attys., of counsel), for appellee.
Robert M. Kaufman, Charles S. Sims, Andrew W. Reich (Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, of counsel), for The New York Community Trust, amicus curiae.
Before NEWMAN, PIERCE and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
PIERCE, Circuit Judge:
These appeals stem from the convictions of various persons alleged to have been members of an international narcotics ring. This prosecution came to be known popularly as "The Pizza Connection Case." Appellants present numerous issues for review.
For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the judgments of conviction and sentence of appellant Frank Castronovo on count ten and appellant Giuseppe Trupiano on counts one and sixteen, and...
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