Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United States

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• refusing to “apprehend that where credibility of government witnesses is a serious issue it must follow ipso facto that a new trial must be had”
• reputation for dangerousness of underworld figure relevant to issue whether there was an instillation of fear
• simultaneous challenges not improper under Fed.R.Crim.P. 24(b) even though same prospective jurors might have been challenged by both sides
• where indictment charges Hobbs Act conspiracies to commit extortion and to transmit threats by interstate communications, manner in which interstate commerce to be affected need not be alleged
• “The contention that § 1961 is not within the power of Congress and contravenes the Tenth Amendment was refuted.... ”

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