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Messino v. United States

479 U.S. 939 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-11-03 Docket No. 86-48; No. 86-5114; No. 86-5120; No. 86-5277 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — White J.

Contents
p. 939
No. 86-48.
No. 86-5114.
No. 86-5120.
No. 86-5277.
Messino v. United States; Hlavach v. United States; Covello v. United States; and Turner v. United States.

C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 791 F. 2d 489 .

dissenting.

The Courts of Appeals are divided over the kind of agreement necessary to support a conviction for so-called RICO conspiracy. In this case, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit acknowledged that there is “a clear division among the circuit courts that have considered the issue.” United States v. Neapolitan, 791 F. 2d 489 , 494-495 (1986). I adhere to the view expressed in my dissent in Adams v. United States, 474 U. S. 971 (1985), that we should grant certiorari and resolve this conflict.

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