Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-3-1997
Abstract
Defendants appeal from judgments entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Dearie, J.), following a jury trial, convicting them of numerous offenses arising from their participation in a war between competing factions of the Colombo organized crime family. Defendant-appellant Louis Malpeso was convicted on four counts of acts of violence or conspiracies to commit acts of violence, for the purpose of maintaining and increasing position in a criminal enterprise, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959, two counts of using or carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2). Malpeso was sentenced to a 95-year term of imprisonment, a 3-year term of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $24,962.35, and a $350 special assessment. Defendant-appellant Robert Gallagher was convicted on four counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1959 and two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), and was sentenced to a 39-year term of imprisonment, a 3-year term of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $13,740.00, and a $300 special assessment. Defendant-appellant Joseph Amato was convicted on one count of being an accessory after the fact to murder, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3, and, under a separate indictment and after a separate trial, one count of violating § 924(c)(1), and was sentenced to a 211-month term of imprisonment, a 3-year term of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $11,222.35, a fine of $50,000 and a $100 special assessment.
Recommended Citation
Miner '56, Roger J., "US v. Malpeso, 115 F. 3d 155 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 1997" (1997). Circuit Court Opinions. 204.
https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/circuit_opinions/204
Comments
115 F.3d 155 (1997)
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,
v.
Louis MALPESO, aka Bobo; Robert Gallagher; Joseph Amato, Defendants-Appellants.
Nos. 922, 979 and 980, Dockets 96-1237, 96-1262 and 96-1263.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued March 24, 1997.
Decided June 3, 1997.
New York Law School location: File #2512, Box #137