A friendly game of courtroom rock-paper-scissors!
Good Day Readers:
For veteran courtroom watchers there must not be anything quite like a good old fashioned New York city mob trial complete with it's unique cast of characters. Where else could you find Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli, Joseph "Joey Caves" Competiello, Dino "Little Dino" Saracino and Dino "Big Dino" Calabro engaging in a friendly courtroom game of rock-paper-scissors?
Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk
Mob trial in uproar over alleged hand signals between reputed wise guys
By Rebecca Rosenberg and Dan Mangan
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Bet it wasn’t rock-paper-scissors.
The trial of reputed Colombo crime family boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli ground to a brief halt yesterday after a juror told the judge that Gioeli appeared to be exchanging hand signals with the Mafia rat testifying against him.
The alleged gesticulations between Gioeli and Joseph “Joey Caves” Competiello could not be seen from the gallery, and weren’t described in open court.
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But Brooklyn federal-court Judge Brian Cogan was not amused.
The judge pulled prosecutors and defense lawyers aside for a short powwow, out of earshot of jurors and the audience, then issued a warning:
For veteran courtroom watchers there must not be anything quite like a good old fashioned New York city mob trial complete with it's unique cast of characters. Where else could you find Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli, Joseph "Joey Caves" Competiello, Dino "Little Dino" Saracino and Dino "Big Dino" Calabro engaging in a friendly courtroom game of rock-paper-scissors?
Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk
Mob trial in uproar over alleged hand signals between reputed wise guys
By Rebecca Rosenberg and Dan Mangan
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Bet it wasn’t rock-paper-scissors.
The trial of reputed Colombo crime family boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli ground to a brief halt yesterday after a juror told the judge that Gioeli appeared to be exchanging hand signals with the Mafia rat testifying against him.
The alleged gesticulations between Gioeli and Joseph “Joey Caves” Competiello could not be seen from the gallery, and weren’t described in open court.
READ THE TRANSCRIPT (PDF)
But Brooklyn federal-court Judge Brian Cogan was not amused.
The judge pulled prosecutors and defense lawyers aside for a short powwow, out of earshot of jurors and the audience, then issued a warning:
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