United States First Circuit

Where the jury acquitted a co-defendant of RICO offenses, and acquitted another co-defendant of all charges, the verdict shows that the jury was able to compartmentalize evidence and apply it to each defendant, defendant showed no extra prejudice as the only RICO defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2001
• Published 01/23/2001

Judges

• CASELLAS, District Judge., Before BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, CASELLAS, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lori H. Levinson, by appointment of the Court, with whom Cain, Hibbard, Meyers & Cook, P.C. was on brief for appellant Richard Houle.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kirby A. Heller, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Andrew Levchuk, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.