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U.S. v. Messina, No. 14-1219-cr (2nd Cir.) (806 F.3d 55) (November 12, 2015) (Judge Reena Raggi)

Loaded on Jan. 25, 2016 published in Punch and Jurists January 25, 2016
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Loss of Future Income.

In this decision the Second Circuit rejected two interesting sentencing claims by the defendant, Neil Messina, a reputed member of the Bonanno crime family, who pled guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy.

Messina first argued that his below Guidelines 18-year sentence was unreasonable in light of the prosecution’s non-binding ...

 

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