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U.S. v. SPINELLI

Docket No. 99-1448.

352 F.3d 48 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert SPINELLI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Dorsky, Assistant United States Attorney, for Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York (Jo Ann M. Navickas, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Appellee.

Gail E. Laser, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: MINER, CALABRESI, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of the brutal 1992 shooting of Patricia Capozzalo ("Capozzalo"), whose brother, Peter Chiodo ("Chiodo"), was a member of the Luchese crime family and was suspected by other members of cooperating with a government investigation. The defendant-appellant, Robert Spinelli ("Spinelli"), is the brother of Michael Spinelli ("Michael"), who served in Chiodo's "crew" and sometimes acted as his bodyguard. Because Spinelli drove...

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