18-3272-cr United States v. Merlino
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 7th day of November, two thousand nineteen.
PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, JOSEPH F. BIANCO, Circuit Judges, EDWARD R. KORMAN, District Judge. *
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee, 18-3272-cr
v.
JOSEPH MERLINO, AKA JOEY
Defendant-Appellant,
PASQUALE PARRELLO, AKA PATSY, AKA PAT, EUGENE O'NOFRIO, AKA ROOSTER, COMAD IANNIELLO, ISRAEL TORRES, AKA BUDDY, ANTHONY ZINZI, AKA ANTHONY BOY, ANTHONY VAZZANO, AKA TONY THE WIG, AKA MUSCLES ALEX CONIGLIARO, FRANK BARBONE, RALPH BALSAMO, PASQUALE MAIORINO, AKA PATTY BOY, JOHN SPIRITO, AKA
* Judge Edward R. Korman, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation.
JOHNNY JOE, VINCENT CASABLANCA, AKA VINNY, MARCO MINUTO, PAUL CASSANO, AKA PAUL CASSONE, DANIEL MARINO, JR., AKA DANNY, JOHN LEMBO, AKA JOHNNY, MITCHELL FUSCO, AKA MITCH, REYNOLD ALBERTI, AKA RANDY, VINCENT TERRACCIANO, AKA BIG VINNY, JOSEPH TOMANELLI, AKA JOE, AGOSTINO CAMACHO, AKA AUGIE, NICHOLAS DEVITO, AKA NICKY, ANTHONY CASSETTA, AKA TONY THE CRIPPLE, NICHOLAS VUOLO, AKA NICKY THE WIG, BRADFORD WEDRA, MICHAEL POLI, AKA MIKE POLIO, PASQUALE CAPOLONGO, AKA PAT C, AKA MUSTACHE PAT, AKA.FISH, AKA PATSY, ANTHONY DEPALMA, AKA HARPO, AKA HARP, JOHN TOGNINO, AKA TUGBOAT, MARK MAIUZZO, AKA STYMIE, JOSEPH DIMARCO, HAROLD THOMAS, AKA HARRY, RICHARD LACAVA, AKA RICHIE, VINCENT THOMAS, AKA VINNY, ANTHONY CAMISA, AKA ANTHONY THE KID, FRANK TRAPANI, AKA HARPO, ANTHONY CIRILLO, CARMINE GALLO, JOSEPH FALCO, AKA JOE CLUB, FRANCESCO DEPERGOLA, AKA FRANK, RALPH SANTANIELLO, LAURENCE KEITH ALLEN, AKA KEITH ALLEN, CRAIG BAGON, BRADLEY SIRKIN, AKA BRAD, WAYNE KREISBERG,
Defendants.
FOR APPELLEE: Anna M. Skotko, Assistant United States Attorney (Max Nicholas, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: Edwin J. Jacobs, Jr., Jacobs & Barbone, P.A., Atlantic City, NJ, and John C. Meringolo, Meringolo & Associates, P.C., New York, NY.
Appeal from an October 19, 2018 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard J. Sullivan, Judge).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court be and hereby is AFFIRMED.
Defendant-Appellant Joseph Merlino ("Merlino") appeals from an October 19, 2018 judgment convicting him, following a guilty