SANTOPIETRO v. U.S.

Nos. 3:96 CV 957 (GLG), 3:91 CR 65 (TFGD), 3:96 CV 1411 (GLG), 3:91 CR 65 (TFGD), 3:96 CV 1175 (GLG), 3:91 CR 65 (TFGD).

948 F.Supp. 145 (1996)

Joseph J. SANTOPIETRO, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent. Perry A. PISCIOTTI, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent. Paul R. VITARELLI, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

December 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Boyle, Assistant U.S. Attorney, New Haven, CT, Thomas J. Murphy, Assistant U.S. Attorney, New Haven, CT, for Respondents.

Eileen McGann, Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, CT, for Petitioner Santopietro.

Andrew A. Feinstein, Simsbury, CT, for Petitioner Pisciotti:

Paul R. Vitarelli, Waterbury, CT, pro se.


Decision on Petitions Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate and Set Aside Sentences of Conviction

GOETTEL, District Judge.

In the early part of this decade, the United States Justice Department launched an investigation into corruption in municipal and state government in Connecticut. The initial indictment returned in 1991, United States v. Santopietro, et al., (3:91 CR 0065 (TFGD)) named eight defendants including: Joseph J. Santopietro...

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