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UNITED STATES v. TROPIANO

Crim. No. 12201.

296 F.Supp. 280 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America v. Ralph "Whitey" TROPIANO, William P. Grasso and Lawrence R. Pellegrino.

United States District Court D. Connecticut.

November 20, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Daniel Sagarin and John Cassidento, Asst. U.S. Attys., New Haven, Conn., for the United States.

Howard A. Jacobs, of Jacobs, Jacobs, Grudberg & Clifford, New Haven, Conn., for defendant Tropiano.

Ira B. Grudberg, of Jacobs, Jacobs, Grudberg & Clifford, New Haven, Conn., for defendant Grasso.

Joseph Biafore, Jr., of Meuser, Gentile & Biafore, Bridgeport, Conn., for defendant Pellegrino.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER THAT DEFENDANTS BE HELD WITHOUT BOND PENDING SENTENCE.

TIMBERS, Chief Judge.

Immediately after the jury returned its verdict at 9:15 P.M. on Friday, November 15, 1968, convicting defendants Tropiano, Grasso and Pellegrino of extortion or attempted extortion affecting interstate commerce in violation of the Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and convicting Tropiano and Grasso of conspiring so to do, 18 U.S...

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