U.S. v. LAMANTIA

No. 94-2667.

59 F.3d 705 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph F. LAMANTIA, Aldo J. Piscitelli, Joe Wing, Kenneth C. Hom, Dominic Scalfaro, Philip F. Bertucci, Joseph J. Cutrano, Gino Levato, Joseph W. Coco, and Joseph T. Gallo, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Scully (argued), Crim. Div., Barry Rand Elden, Asst. U.S. Attys., Scott Charles Collins, Chicago, IL, for U.S.

Timothy P. Donohue, James P. Hilliard, Lawrence Edmund Sommers (argued), Seiden & Associates, Louis Carbonaro, Carbonaro & Carbonaro, Chicago, IL, for Joseph F. Lamantia and Gino Levato.

Martin S. Agran, Agran & Agran, Timothy P. Donohue, James P. Hilliard, Lawrence Edmund Sommers, Louis Carbonaro, Charles J. Aron, Chicago, IL, for Aldo J. Piscitelli and Joseph J. Cutrano.

Timothy P. Donohue, James P. Hilliard, Lawrence Edmund Sommers, Sheldon Nagelberg, Chicago, IL, for Joe Wing.

Michael J. Falconer, Timothy P. Donohue, James P. Hilliard, Lawrence Edmund Sommers, Louis Carbonaro, Chicago, IL, for Kenneth C. Hom.

Timothy P. Donohue, James P. Hilliard, Lawrence Edmund Sommers, Daniel S. Alexander (argued), Arnold & Alexander, Chicago, IL, for Dominic Scalfaro.

Gary J. Ravitz, Timothy P. Donohue, James P. Hilliard, Lawrence Edmund Sommers, Chicago, IL, for Philip F. Bertucci.

Timothy P. Donohue, James P. Hilliard, Lawrence Edmund Sommers, Chicago, IL, Joseph A. Pavone, Oak Brook, IL, for Joseph W. Coco.

Robert A. Novelle, Joel A. Whitehouse, Serpico, Novelle & Navigato, Timothy P. Donohue, James P. Hilliard, Lawrence Edmund Sommers, Chicago, IL, for Joseph T. Gallo.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In July 1993, a grand jury indicted these defendants on a number of gambling and racketeering charges. Some time later the defendants learned that a grand juror named Robert Girardi had been caught purveying details of the grand jury's investigation to some of its subjects. In December 1994, while their trial was still pending, defendants challenged their indictment on the basis that Girardi's misconduct violated their due process rights....

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