Carl (Carl James) Civella
In the Eighth Circuit's 1985 opinion on the Tropicana skim, Carl James Civella was convicted in the Western District of Missouri on a conspiracy count, interstate transport counts and Travel Act counts and sentenced to thirty years; the opinion lists him among those who met about the Tropicana.
- Aliases
- Carl James Civella
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 10 May 1985 — United States v. DeLuna, 763 F.2d 897: "Appellant Civella was convicted of one count of conspiracy, six counts of transportation of stolen property, and two counts of violation of the Travel Act. He was sentenced to a total of thirty years in prison." The convictions were affirmed.
- 10 May 1985 — The same opinion's account of the Government's evidence says Agosto met Carl DeLuna and Nick and Carl Civella in January 1975 "to discuss means by which Agosto could infiltrate and obtain control of the Tropicana," and that "The Civellas were in the 'Black Book' of persons excluded from Nevada casinos and therefore knew that they could not be licensed."
- 4 December 1981 — United States v. Civella (Carmen J.), 666 F.2d 1122: the court records the Assistant U.S. Attorney identifying the defendant as "the son of Carl Civella and the cousin of Nicholas Civella, both of whom have been identified in the media as underworld figures." The prosecutor's statement.
The opinion’s captions list “Carl James Civella” twice, once for each appeal number, and the text uses “Civella” and “Carl Civella”; this page treats them as one person as the opinion does, but the opinion never spells out that they are the same. No role is entered. Living status was not checked; the page keeps to the court records.
The Eighth Circuit in a separate 1981 tax appeal records an Assistant U.S. Attorney’s statement that Carmen J. Civella was “the son of Carl Civella and the cousin of Nicholas Civella.” That statement is the prosecutor’s, recorded by the court.