Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit April 23, 1984, 464, Docket 83-2260 (Tino Fiumara v. United States)

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Tino Fiumara was convicted in 1980 along with others, after an eleven week trial before Judge Sand and a jury in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, see

United States v. Clem-ente,

494 F.Supp. 1310, of numerous offenses, including extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C.