U.S. v. RIGGI

Docket Nos. 06-1280-cr(L), 06-2683-cr(con), 06-2862-cr(con), 06-2878-cr(con), 06-2910-cr(con).

541 F.3d 94 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Giovanni RIGGI, Michael Silvestri, Girolamo Palermo, also known as Jimmy Palermo, Defendants, Anthony Mannarino, also known as Anthony Marshmallow, Giuseppe Schifilliti, also known as Pino Schifilliti, Philip Abramo, Louis Consalvo, also known as johndoe8, also known as Louie Eggs, also known as Frank Scarabino, Stefano Vitabile, also known as Steve Vitabile, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland G. Riopelle, Sercarz & Riopelle, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Guiseppe Schifilliti.

Inga L. Parsons, Law Offices of Inga L. Parsons, Marblehead, MA, for Defendant-Appellant Philip Abramo.

Sanford Talkin, Talkin, Muccigrosso & Roberts, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Stefano Vitabile.

John M. Hillebrecht, Assistant United States Attorney (Miriam E. Rocah, Katherine Polk Failla, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.

Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, CALABRESI and SACK, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

Stefano Vitabile, Philip Abramo, and Giuseppe Schifilliti (collectively, "defendants") appeal from judgments of conviction, entered following a three-week jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mukasey, J.), on charges arising out of their involvement in the Decavalcante organized crime family. The charges include racketeering and racketeering...

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