United States v. Vaglica
United States v. Vaglica
Opinion of the Court
In each of these appeals, which we consolidated for oral argument, the Government is challenging a district court’s dismissal of an indictment count charging multiple defendants with conspiracy to conduct an illegal gambling enterprise in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1955. The district court dismissed the count in each case on the ground that it violated Wharton’s Rule.
Reversed and remanded.
. “ . . . When to the idea of an offense plurality of agents is logically necessary, conspiraey . . . cannot be maintained . . . ” 2 Wharton, Criminal Law § 1604, at 1862 (12th ed. 1932).
Reference
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- United States v. Sam VAGLICA, Steve Guggino, Henry Trafficante, Berthold John Haas and Isabel Margaret Seeley, Defendants-Appellees UNITED STATES of America v. Alfonso SCAGLIONE, Wade Robert Westmoreland, Julius L. Richardson, Peter Richardson, Phyllis A. Moore, a/k/a Annie Moore, and Oliver Hurley, Defendants-Appellees UNITED STATES of America v. Luis Henry FIGUEREDO, Jr., Louis Henry Figueredo, Sr., Guy Stein, Sr., Omer Thomas Caron, Charline Albritton, James I. Black, Manuel Llano and A. T. Edwards, Defendants-Appellees UNITED STATES of America v. Salvatore CASTELLANA, Joseph Carl Castellana, James Camilo Castellana, Helen Louise Hawkins and Thomas Henry Peterson
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