Record
Court opinion
1994-04-20
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United States v. Amuso, 21 F.3d 1251 (2d Cir. 1994)
Second Circuit opinion of April 20, 1994 affirming Vittorio Amuso's racketeering and murder-related convictions. It states the indictment's allegation that he was boss of the "Luchese" family and summarizes the testimony of two former captains.
- Date
- 1994-04-20
- Kind
- court-opinion
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Docket
- 92-1672
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- Opinion of a United States court. Works of the federal judiciary are in the public domain in the United States. The text was read on CourtListener.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, docket 92-1672. Argued September 20, 1993, decided April 20, 1994, before Judges Van Graafeiland, Walker and Jacobs; the opinion is by Judge Walker, with a concurrence by Judge Van Graafeiland. The opinion spells the family “Luchese.”
On the charge: “The indictment alleged that as boss of the Luchese crime family, Amuso possessed ultimate and exclusive authority to approve murders on behalf of the family.” On the trial evidence, the court summarizes the testimony of two former captains, Peter Chiodo and Alphonse D’Arco: “They testified that as boss of the Luchese family, Amuso ordered either one or both of them to carry out thirteen of the murders or attempted murders charged in the indictment.”
The court states that the prosecution offered evidence that “Casso was Amuso’s close associate and a high ranking member of the Luchese family responsible for the family’s financial dealings while he and Amuso were on the run.” It concluded: “We have examined Amuso’s claims and find no reversible error. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.”