U.S. v. MUSACCHIA

Nos. 967, 968, Dockets 88-1491, 88-1495.

900 F.2d 493 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John MUSACCHIA and Joseph Gambino, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Schwartz Frome (James O. Druker, Kase & Druker, Garden City, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant John Musacchia.

Charles L. Weintraub (John L. Pollok, Hoffman & Pollok, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Joseph Gambino.

Alan Hechtkopf, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice (James I.K. Knapp, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Shirley D. Peterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Robert E. Lindsay, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., of counsel), for appellee U.S.

Before CARDAMONE and PRATT, Circuit Judges, and LASKER, District Judge.


LASKER, District Judge:

John Musacchia and Joseph Gambino appeal their convictions on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by willfully failing to pay gasoline excise taxes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1988) and 26 U.S.C. §§ 7201, 7202 and 7206(2) (1982). Musacchia appeals his conviction on six additional counts of aiding and abetting evasion of such taxes.

Appellants contend that it was reversible error for the prosecution...

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