United States America v. Enrico Campanale and Donald Matthews

A nine-count indictment returned on June 29, 1972, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California charged appellants and three co-defendants with conspiracy to conduct a pattern of racketeering activity (Counts 1 and 2) in violation of 18 U.S.C. ? 1962(d), and with substantive offenses of requesting and receiving money in violation of 29 U.S.C. ? 186 (Counts 3 and 4), obstructing and attempting to obstruct interstate commerce by extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. ? 1951 (Counts 5, 6 and 7), and picketing for personal profit in violation of 29 U.S.C. ? 522 (Counts 8 and 9). Another indictment returned on February 13, 1973, just prior to trial charged Galea and Martinez with one count of obstruction of justice through injury to property of Robert Dougherty because of his testimony before a grand jury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ? 1503. The two indictments were consolidated for trial.