United States Second Circuit

Defendant's convictions for violating various federal statutes relating to the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering Act and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act are reversed for lack of legally sufficient evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/14/2004
• Published 09/14/2004

Judges

• MINER, Circuit Judge., Before:  MINER and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges, and TSOUCALAS, Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Diarmuid White, White & White, New York, N.Y. (Brendan White of counsel;  Gerald J. McMahon, Esq., New York, NY, on the briefs) for Defendant-Appellant Carmine Polito., Paul Shechtman, Stillman & Friedman, P.C., (Sara Beth Savage, on the briefs) New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Mario Fortunato., Daniel S. Dorsky, Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney, on the brief;  Assistant United States Attorneys David C. James, Paul Weinstein, and Todd Harrison, of counsel), for Appellee.