U.S. v. PANICO

No. 04-2099.

435 F.3d 47 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John M. PANICO, a/k/a Tony, J.P., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Benson, Jr. with whom Torres, Benson & Guarino, P.C. was on brief for appellant.

Cynthia A. Young, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

John Panico, the defendant-appellant in this case, was tried in the district court on charges of conspiracy to collect debts by extortionate means, 18 U.S.C. § 894 (2000), collecting a debt by such means, id., and using a firearm in aid of a crime of violence, id. § 924(c). He was convicted on the first two counts, acquitted on the third, and sentenced to 57 months of imprisonment.

Key evidence at the trial included...

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