District Court, D. Massachusetts August 16, 2011, Criminal 97-40009 (Ciampi v. United States)

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

GORTON, District Judge.

On April 4, 1997, a grand jury returned a 34 count Indictment (“the Indictment”)

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against 15 defendants and specifically named petitioner Ciampi in 23 of those counts. The first trial of Ciampi and others on those counts ended on January 12, 1999. The jury convicted Ciampi of operating an illegal gambling business in violation of 18 U.S.C.