U.S. v. VERNACE

Docket No. 14-2197-cr.

811 F.3d 609 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bartolomeo VERNACE, aka Pepe, aka Bobby, aka Bobby Glasses, aka Robert, Defendant-Appellant, Robert Wehnert, aka Bobby Werner, Anthony Vaglica, aka Bosch, Michael Dolphin, Vito Cortesiano, aka Vito Love, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Kristin Mace , Assistant United States Attorney, ( David C. James , Amy Busa , Evan M. Norris , Amir H. Toossi , Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Robert L. Capers , United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, for Appellee.

Seth Ginsberg , Law Office of Seth Ginsberg, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: SACK, CHIN, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges.


In 1981, the two owners of the Shamrock Bar in Queens, New York, were shot to death in their establishment, following an altercation that began with a spilled drink. The murders became known as the Shamrock Murders.

More than thirty years later, defendant-appellant Bartolomeo Vernace was convicted, following a jury trial...

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