U.S. v. MORRISON

No. 04-CR-699(DRH)(S-2).

685 F.Supp.2d 339 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Rodney Arnoldo MORRISON, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

February 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney, by James M. Miskiewicz, A.U.S.A., John Joseph Durham, A.U.S.A., Diane C. Leonardo-Beckman, A.U.S.A., Central Islip, NY, for the Government.

William H. Murphy, Jr. & Associates, by William H. Murphy, Jr., Esq., Kenneth W. Ravenell, Esq., Baltimore, MD, Law Offices of Peter Smith & Associates, by Peter Smith, Esq., Huntington, NY, Daniel Nobel, Esq., New York, NY, Levitt & Kaizer, by Richard Levitt, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendant.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Law Department, by Eric Proshansky, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York, NY, for the City of New York.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Office of Tax Enforcement, Special Investigations Unit, by David Paldy, Esq., Hauppauge, NY, for the State of New York.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HURLEY, Senior District Judge.

Following a jury trial, defendant Rodney Morrison ("defendant" or "Morrison") was convicted on May 1, 2008 of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), the object of which was to sell and distribute contraband cigarettes in violation of the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act ("CCTA"), 18 U.S.C. § 2342(a), and of illegal...

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