United States First Circuit

Conviction and sentence for RICO violations are affirmed over claims that 1) the government failed to prove two critical elements of RICO, 2) the district court erred in its calculation of the applicable offense level, and 3) the court erred when it denied a request to convene an evidentiary hearing to inquire into the propriety of alleged note-taking by jurors.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2003
• Published 08/14/2003

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge,HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew Nathanson, with whom Tracy A. Miner, John J. Tangney, Jr., and Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William J. Nardini, with whom John H. Durham and Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.