United States v. Patriarca, 948 F.2d 789 (1st Cir. 1991)

First Circuit opinion of October 28, 1991 on the bail appeal of Raymond J. Patriarca, the son, summarizing the Government's position that he assumed leadership of the Patriarca Family after the death of his father in July 1984.

Date: 1991-10-28
Kind: court-opinion
Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), text of the opinion
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Docket: 948 F.2d 789 (1st Cir. 1991)
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 Court of Appeals, First Circuit, October 28, 1991, on the pretrial detention of Raymond J. Patriarca, the son of Raymond L. S. Patriarca. The opinion is not about the father. Its subject is whether the son was properly detained before trial.

The court summarizes the Government’s position that the defendant is “the former Boss of the New England Mafia Family bearing his name (although named after his father)” and that he “assumed leadership of the Patriarca Family following the death of his father in July 1984.” Those are the Government’s contentions in a detention proceeding as the court reports them. They are not findings, and they concern the son.

It is filed because it is the only opened federal opinion that uses the name “Patriarca Family” and states a date for the father’s death. It does not mention Las Vegas.

itemPatriarca v. United States, 402 F.2d 314 (1st Cir. 1968)First Circuit opinion of October 14, 1968 affirming Raymond Patriarca's conviction for conspiring to travel and use the telephone in interstate commerce with intent to commit murder to further an unlawful gambling enterprise. It does not mention Las Vegas.