U.S. v. SPERO

Docket No. 02-1256.

331 F.3d 57 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony SPERO, Defendant-Appellant, Joseph Bissada, also known as Quaddafi; Christopher Labate, also known as Chris AM; Robert Patterson; Joseph Pontecorvo, also known as Joe Pont; Michael Pontecorvo, also known as Michael Pont; Joseph Benanti; Charles Calco; Joseph Calco, Fabritzio Defrancisi, also known as Fabrizzio; Joseph Dellatorre, also known as Little Joey; Christian Ludwigsen, also known as Chris Paciello, also known as Binger; Michael Yammine; James Calandra; William Galloway, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 20, 2003.

Amended: May 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Mitchell, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Greg D. Andres, Assistant United States Attorney (David C. James, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel, Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney, on the brief), United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee.

Before: CABRANES and F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Edward R. Korman, Chief Judge), defendant Anthony Spero was found guilty on a one-count indictment of conspiracy to commit racketeering, in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d). The Government presented evidence from which the jury determined that Spero, while conducting...

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