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United States v Persico 832 F.2d 705 (9053 words) |
 | Carmine Persico and Langella were charged with conspiracy to extort money from concrete construction firms in the New York City area, in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. (1982), and Langella was charged with participating in the commission of ten substantive extortionate acts involving various concrete construction companies. |
| Pursuant to that scheme, Russo, McIntosh and Carmine Persico bribed Annicharico to prevent the commencement of federal criminal prosecution [*710] of Charles Panarella [**12] and Russo, and to influence the disposition of Carmine Persico's application to vacate his sentence. |
| Persico's statements to DeChristopher regarding the activities of the enterprise and the various roles of appellants in it clearly were in furtherance of the enterprise. |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CARMINE PERSICO, a/k/a "Junior," GENNARO LANGELLA, a/k/a "Gerry Lang," ALPHONSE PERSICO, ... (4406 words) |
| Carmine Persico claims that the Indictment is the product of Government misconduct, so outrageous as to have deprived Persico of his right to due process of law and to require dismissal of the prosecution. |
| Carmine Persico contends that he is entitled to an evidentiary hearing in connection with his alleged due process claim. |
| Alphonse Persico's second sufficiency claim is founded upon the contention that there is no evidence that the person whom the Colombo Family bribed through Joseph Iannuzzi in order to ensure that Carmine Persico could serve his prison sentence in a nearby prison was a federal official. |
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