Opinion ID: 1441526
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Heading: The Allocutions

Text: The plea allocutions were introduced to prove the existence of the following nine conspiracies: (1) conspiracy to conduct the affairs of the Decavalcante organized crime family through a pattern of racketeering activity, charged against all three defendants (guilty pleas of James Gallo, Joseph Sclafani and Charles Stango); (2) conspiracy to murder Louis LaRasso, charged against all three defendants (guilty pleas of Louis Consalvo and Gregory Rago); (3) conspiracy to murder Gaetano Vastola, charged against Abramo (guilty pleas of Virgil Alessi, Bartolomeo Nichola and John Riggi); (4) conspiracy to murder Weiss, charged against Abramo (Gallo's plea); (5) conspiracy to murder John D'Amato, charged against Vitabile (Sclafani's plea); (6) conspiracy to murder Frank D'Amato, charged against Vitabile and Schifilliti (Sclafani's plea); (7) conspiracy to commit construction industry extortion, charged against Vitabile and Schifilliti (Sclafani's and Stango's pleas); (8) conspiracy to participate in loansharking, charged against Abramo and Schifilliti (Gallo's plea); and (9) conspiracy to commit securities fraud, charged against Abramo (Consalvo's plea). The government conceded that it offered these pleas to corroborate the cooperating witnesses' testimony as to the existence of the charged conspiracies. Tr. 2873.