United States v. Gigante, 982 F. Supp. 140 (E.D.N.Y. 1997)

Judge Weinstein's sentencing memorandum of October 29, 1997 after Vincent Gigante's conviction. It states that the evidence showed beyond a reasonable doubt that he had been boss of the Genovese family since at least 1985.

Date: 1997-10-29
Kind: court-opinion
Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), text of the opinion
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Docket: CR 93-368(JBW)
Rights: 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 District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. CR 93-368(JBW), memorandum of October 29, 1997 by District Judge Weinstein. Zachary W. Carter, U.S. Attorney, appeared for the government.

The memorandum reviews the trial evidence before imposing sentence. The court wrote that the evidence “demonstrated without a reasonable doubt that Mr. Gigante had been the boss of the Genovese Crime Family since at least 1985.” It is a court’s statement after a jury verdict.

The court also summarized testimony about the 1985 killing of Paul Castellano: “His murder had not been approved by the Commission made up of the leaders of each mafia family.” That sentence reports what witnesses said; the court did not try that killing. The Second Circuit affirmed the judgment in 166 F.3d 75.

itemUnited States v. Gigante, 925 F. Supp. 967 (E.D.N.Y. 1996)District Judge Nickerson's findings of May 15, 1996 on whether Vincent Gigante was feigning mental illness. It names the Triangle Social Club at 225 Sullivan Street as the club Gigante returned to at night.itemUnited States v. Gigante, 166 F.3d 75 (2d Cir. 1999)Second Circuit opinion of January 22, 1999 affirming Vincent Gigante's convictions. It names the cooperating witnesses who testified against him.itemUnited States v. Salerno, 868 F.2d 524 (2d Cir. 1989)Second Circuit opinion on the appeal from the Southern District of New York trial of Anthony Salerno and seven other defendants, decided January 31, 1989.