United States Second Circuit
U.S. v. Eppolito, 063280, 063396
In convictions for racketeering conspiracy in violation of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), judgments of acquittal ordered by the district court are reversed, and the matter is remanded for reinstatement of the jury's verdicts and the imposition of sentences where: 1) the evidence was sufficient to support findings that the RICO enterprise whose purpose was to gain money for its participants by providing services to members and associates of organized crime; and 2) defendants' conspiracy to conduct that services enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity continued well past March 8, 2000.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/17/2008
- Published 09/17/2008
Judges
Court
- United States Second Circuit