U.S. v. LANESE

Nos. 1374, 1379, Dockets 89-1079, 89-1133.

890 F.2d 1284 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michael Vincent LANESE, et al., Defendants, Michael Vincent Lanese, a/k/a "Vinnie" and Thomas Romano, a/k/a "T.R.," Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Bergman, New York City, for defendant-appellant, Michael lanese.

James J. Ruane, Bridgeport, Conn., Meehan & Meehan, for defendant-appellant, Thomas Romano.

J. Douglas Wilson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. Stanley A. Twardy, Jr., U.S. Atty., D.Conn., John H. Durham, Boston Strike Force, New Haven, Conn., for appellee.

Before WINTER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges, and RE, Judge.


RE, Chief Judge:

Defendants-appellants, Michael Vincent Lanese and Thomas Romano, appeal from judgments of conviction following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Lanese and Romano were convicted of conspiring to "use ... extortionate means ... to collect any extension of credit," and "us[ing] ... extortionate means to collect any extension of credit," both in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 894(a)(1) (1982). Lanese was...

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