James Martorano
A defendant in the 1979 Boston horse-race-fixing prosecution, United States v. Howard T. Winter et al.; the First Circuit affirmed his conviction in 1981 and the denial of his motion for a new trial.
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- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal court opinions and National Archives records state. They are works of the United States government, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. No home, family or medical detail is recorded here.
On the record
- 1979 — National Archives catalog: the defendants in the 52-count indictment begin "Howard T. Winter, John Martorano and James Martorano." An indictment is a charge.
- 1979-07-11 — Verdict transcript, page 45-4: the page ends as the clerk begins to ask how the jury finds James Martorano on count two; his verdicts are on pages not read for this archive.
- 1981-10-30 — United States v. Martorano, 663 F.2d 1113: the First Circuit affirms the denial of the Rule 33 new-trial motions of Martorano and five codefendants, based on undisclosed FBI reports and grand jury testimony of the Government's witness Anthony Ciulla. The same-day opinion on the direct appeals, United States v. Winter, 663 F.2d 1120, affirmed his conviction.
John Martorano, also named in the catalog’s list of defendants, is a different man, and nothing on this page concerns him. The records filed here state no role for James Martorano in any group.
Records
itemUnited States v. Martorano, 663 F.2d 1113 (1st Cir. 1981): new-trial motions in the race-fixing caseFirst Circuit opinion of October 30, 1981 affirming the denial of new-trial motions by Howard T. Winter, James Martorano and four codefendants, based on FBI reports and grand jury testimony of the Government's chief witness, Anthony Ciulla, that had not been disclosed before trial.itemUnited States v. Howard T. Winter et al., criminal case file 79-CR-00042-MA (D. Mass.)National Archives description of the District of Massachusetts case file in the horse-race fixing prosecution: a 52-count indictment against 21 defendants, with trial transcripts and papers on the First Circuit appeal.
itemTranscript: the verdict, 4:30 p.m., July 11, 1979 (United States v. Winter)The digitized transcript of the taking of the jury's verdict in United States v. Howard T. Winter et al. The page shown records the foreman's answers on count one for six defendants and the first answer on count two, "Guilty" for Howard Winter.itemUnited States v. Winter, 663 F.2d 1120 (1st Cir. 1981)First Circuit opinion of October 30, 1981 on a 42-count RICO prosecution of a horse-race-fixing enterprise that bribed jockeys at East Coast tracks from 1973 to 1975. Four convictions were affirmed and two reversed.
itemTranscript: the verdict, 4:30 p.m., July 11, 1979 (United States v. Winter)The digitized transcript of the taking of the jury's verdict in United States v. Howard T. Winter et al. The page shown records the foreman's answers on count one for six defendants and the first answer on count two, "Guilty" for Howard Winter.itemUnited States v. Winter, 663 F.2d 1120 (1st Cir. 1981)First Circuit opinion of October 30, 1981 on a 42-count RICO prosecution of a horse-race-fixing enterprise that bribed jockeys at East Coast tracks from 1973 to 1975. Four convictions were affirmed and two reversed.