U.S. v. PERROTTA

No. 00-2427.

289 F.3d 155 (2002)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Edward T. PERROTTA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Cicilline for appellant.

Donald C. Lockhart, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, and James H. Leavey, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BARBADORO, District Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Edward Perrotta was convicted of conspiring with Rocco Folco and others to make extortionate extensions of credit, aiding and abetting Folco in making extortionate extensions of credit, and financing extortionate extensions of credit made by Folco. He appeals on a number of grounds. Unconvinced by his arguments, we affirm his convictions.

I. Background

In April of 1995, Perrotta loaned $50,000 to Folco at an interest rate of...

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