U.S. v. AMUSO

No. 135, Docket 92-1672.

21 F.3d 1251 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Vittorio AMUSO, also known as Jesse, also known as Vic, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judd Burstein, New York City (Marc Fernich, Kim P. Bonstrom, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Kevin P. McGrath, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY (Zachary W. Carter, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Geoffrey S. Mearns, Gregory J. O'Connell, Asst. U.S. Attys., E.D.N.Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, WALKER, and JACOBS, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Vittorio Amuso appeals from a judgment of conviction on charges of racketeering, extortion, fraud, bribery, and murder. The government charged Amuso, in a fifty-four count indictment, with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c) and (d), as well as tax fraud and substantive and conspiracy violations constituting the RICO predicate acts. After a jury trial...

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