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U.S. v. FLEMMI

No. 99-2292.

225 F.3d 78 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Stephen J. FLEMMI, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth D. Collery, Attorney, United States Dep't of Justice, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Fred M. Wyshak, Jr., Brian T. Kelly, and James D. Herbert, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for appellant.

Kenneth J. Fishman, with whom Fishman, Ankner & Horstmann, Kimberly Homan, and Sheketoff & Homan were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a relentless effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to infiltrate, and eventually to smash, the New England branch of La Cosa Nostra (LCN). To achieve its goal, the FBI struck a Faustian bargain with two reputed organized crime figures, James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen Flemmi. We concentrate on Flemmi, because he is the protagonist in this appeal.

For thirty years, Flemmi — one of Boston...

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