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After decades of denying his affiliation to the mafia, Giacomo (Black Jack) Tocco was finally indicted and eventually convicted under the federal RICO statute of being the long-sitting mob boss of Detroit in the 1990s. The Feds’ epic Operation GAMETAX bust came down in March of 1996, naming almost the entire administration of the Motor City crime family that Tocco’s dad, William (Black Bill) Tocco, founded in 1931. Jack Tocco was convicted at a jury trial in 1998 and sent to prison for a meager two years, a sentence (originally one year, but after prosecutorial appeals, lifted to two) that led to anger and frustration from the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ Office and internal government allegations of judicial misconduct.
Jack Tocco and GameTax from al profit on Vimeo.
Tocco died this week at the age of 87, the nation’s longest-tenured mafia don, serving four decades atop the Detroit mob.
Below is Tocco’s appeal from his conviction on racketeering charges at his March 1998 trial:
Watch the entire documentary “Detroit Mob Confidential”
United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant
v.
Jack William Tocco, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
Nos. 98-2312/2426; 99-1003
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
Argued: June 11, 1999
Decided and Filed: January 5, 2000
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 96-80201–John Corbett O’Meara, District Judge.
United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant (99-1003),
v.
Jack William Tocco, Defendant-Appellant (98-2312/2426)/ Cross-Appellee.
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Nos. 98-2312/2426; 99-1003
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
Argued: June 11, 1999
Decided and Filed: January 5, 2000
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 96-80201–John Corbett O’Meara, District Judge.
COUNSEL: ARGUED: Frank D. Eaman, BELLANCE, BEATTIE & DeLISLE, Harper Woods, Michigan, for Appellant.
Kathleen Moro Nesi, OFFICE OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.
ON BRIEF: Frank D. Eaman, BELLANCE, BEATTIE & DeLISLE, Harper Woods, Michigan, for Appellant.
Kathleen Moro Nesi, OFFICE OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.
Before: WELLFORD, NELSON, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
HARRY W. WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
A. Background2
B. Voir Dire