Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Twine, No. 03-10393 (9th Cir.) (344 F.3d 987) (September 19, 2003) (Per Curiam) by Here, joining the First, Third and Fifth Circuits, the Ninth Circuit held that the Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. § 3142) does not authorize pretrial detention based solely upon a finding of dangerousness to …

U.S. v. Gotti, No. 02-CR-606 (FB)(ASC) (E.D.N.Y.) (219 F.Supp.2d 296) (August 7, 2002) (Judge Frederic Block) by The defendant in this case was charged with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and eight substantive counts of money laundering. A magistrate judge ordered the defendant detained. The defendant filed a motion …

U.S. v. Bellomo, No. 96 Cr. 430 (LAK) (S.D.N.Y.) (944 F.Supp. 1160) (October 30, 1996) (Judge Lewis A. Kaplan) by This is another one of those cases in which an accused organized crime figure was denied bail despite proposing a bail package consisting of a fully secured $2 million bond …