United States v. Ilario M.A. Zannino
- Decided
- January 10, 1990
- Docket
- 87-1221
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 2,914 timesOverruled in part (verified)Overruled in part (verified) · Hammond v. Commonwealth Mortgage Corp. of America
What later courts said
- recognizing that ”[i]t is not enough merely to mention a possible argument in the most skeletal way, leaving the court to do counsel's work” — United States v. Nuñez (2016)
- holding that "issues adverted to in a perfunctory manner, unaccompanied by some effort at developed argumentation, are deemed waived” — United States v. Ponzo (2017)
- holding that “issues adverted to in a perfunctory manner” in appellate briefs “are deemed waived” — United States v. Valbrun (2017)
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How the opinion begins
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In 1983, defendant-appellant Ilario M.A. Zannino, allegedly a predominant figure in the so-called “Patriarca Family” of La Cosa Nostra, was indicted by a federal grand jury. The indictment charged Zannino and several codefendants with conspiring to participate in an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), (d), and with a number of racketeering, loansharking, and gambling violations. The listed predicate acts included two murders and four conspiracies to commit murder. Zannino stood trial after the others, [1] and then, on only three of the original eight counts directed against him. Having been found guilty before a jury and sentenced to a 30-year prison term, he prosecutes this appeal. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND Zannino’s indictment grew out of the judicially sanctioned electronic surveillance of apartments at 98 Prince Street and 51 North Margin Street in Boston’s North [*4] End. [2]
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United States v. Ilario M.A. Zannino, 895 F.2d 1 (1990)Read the full opinion
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