United States v. Marcello, 508 F. Supp. 586 (E.D. La. 1981) (Brilab pretrial rulings)

Pretrial rulings in the Brilab prosecution of Carlos Marcello, Charles E. Roemer II, I. Irving Davidson, Vincent Marinello and Aubrey Young: motions to dismiss deferred until trial, other substantive motions denied, and rulings on suppression of recorded conversations and on disclosure of an informer.

Date: 1981-01-09
Kind: court-opinion
Source: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, via CourtListener
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Docket: Crim. A. 80-274
Rights: A federal court opinion. A work of the United States government, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The text was read on CourtListener; no publisher headnote is used.

The opinion is a pretrial minute entry and rulings in Criminal Action 80-274. The court defers the defendants’ motions to dismiss for governmental misconduct, artificially created jurisdiction and selective prosecution until trial, denies other substantive motions, and addresses motions to suppress recorded conversations and wiretap evidence and a motion to disclose an informer’s identity. The Fifth Circuit later affirmed in part on pages 601-07 of this opinion (the affidavit for electronic surveillance).

itemUnited States v. Marcello, 537 F. Supp. 1364 (E.D. La. 1982) (Brilab post-trial opinion)Judge Sear's opinion denying post-trial motions after an eighteen-week trial in which Carlos Marcello and Charles E. Roemer II were found guilty of the Count One RICO conspiracy and acquitted of the other counts, and their co-defendants were acquitted of all charges.itemUnited States v. Roemer and Marcello, 703 F.2d 805 (5th Cir. 1983)A per curiam opinion affirming the convictions of Charles E. Roemer II and Carlos Marcello for conspiring to violate the RICO statute (Brilab), adopting the trial court's reasoning, decided 11 April 1983.