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Salvatore Vitale

Indicted with Joseph Massino in the Southern District of New York on October 4, 1984. Vincent Basciano's 2006 conviction included the solicitation of his murder, and he was called as a witness at Basciano's 2011 trial.

Aliases
Sally
Source
United States v. Massino, 784 F.2d 153 (2d Cir. 1986)
Rights
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On the record

  • 4 October 1984 — United States v. Massino, 784 F.2d 153: "Defendants Massino and Vitale are charged with participating in a RICO conspiracy ... and in a racketeering enterprise through the commission of assorted criminal acts. ... They were indicted on October 4, 1984." The court reversed the suppression of 1982 wiretap tapes on the government's appeal. Charge and court ruling.
  • 2006 — United States v. Basciano, 763 F. Supp. 2d 303: the second jury in Basciano's first case found him guilty of racketeering acts including "solicitation to murder Salvatore Vitale and Dominick Martino." Court opinion.
  • 6 May 2011 — Docket of United States v. Basciano, No. 1:05-cr-00060: "Witness called: Salvatore Vitale and Carlos Medina; Defense rests." Court docket.

The alias is the caption’s: “Salvatore Vitale, a/k/a ‘Sally’.” No record filed here states a rank for him, a plea, a cooperation agreement or a sentence, so none is given. The docket does not say which side called him in 2011.

Records

itemUnited States v. Massino, 784 F.2d 153 (2d Cir. 1986)On the government's appeal, the Second Circuit reverses the suppression of 1982 wiretap tapes in the S.D.N.Y. RICO case against Joseph Massino and Salvatore Vitale, finding the government's reason for a fifteen-day sealing delay satisfactory. "They were indicted on October 4, 1984."itemUnited States v. Basciano, 763 F. Supp. 2d 303 (E.D.N.Y. 2011)Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis rules on Vincent Basciano's pretrial motions in the capital case over the killing of Randolph Pizzolo. The opinion quotes the court's earlier finding that "Joseph Massino, the then-head of the Bonanno crime family, agreed to become a government informant and taped conversations in prison that he had with Basciano."itemUnited States v. Basciano, No. 1:05-cr-00060 (E.D.N.Y.), docket entries for the 2011 trialMinute entries for Vincent Basciano's 2011 capital trial. Joseph Massino was called as a witness on five days in April 2011, and on May 16, 2011 the "Jury renders a guilty verdict on all three counts."