Opinion ID: 856630
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Defendant’s Conviction and Sentence

Text: The Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)), racketeering conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)), conspiring to murder Coluccio (18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(5)), murdering Coluccio (18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1)), conspiring to murder rival members of the Colombo Family (18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(5)), conspiring to make extortionate extensions of credit (18 U.S.C. § 892), conspiring to use extortionate means to collect extensions of credit (18 U.S.C. § 894), and using and carrying a firearm in connection with crimes of violence (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)). The Defendant was sentenced to life in prison on the racketeering and murder counts, concurrent terms of ten years on each of the two murder conspiracy counts and twenty years on each of the two loansharking counts, and a consecutive five-year term on the firearms count.