U.S. v. Salemme, No. Cr. 94-10287-MLW.
| Court | United States District Courts. 1st Circuit. United States District Courts. 1st Circuit. District of Massachusetts |
| Writing for the Court | Wolf |
| Citation | 91 F.Supp.2d 141 |
| Docket Number | No. Cr. 94-10287-MLW.,No. Cr. 97-10009-MLW. |
| Decision Date | 15 September 1999 |
| Parties | UNITED STATES of America v. Francis P. SALEMME, et al. United States of America v. John Martorano |
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Francis P. SALEMME, et al.
United States of America
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John Martorano
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Fred M. Wyshak, Jr., Brian T. Kelly, U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, James D. Herbert, U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for U.S.
MaryEllen Kellejer, Law Office of Richard Egbert, Boston, MA, Anthony M. Cardinale, Boston, MA, John Mitchell, Law Office of John Mitchell, New York City, for Francis P. Salemme, Sr.
Martin G. Weinberg, Oteri, Weinberg & Lawson, Boston, MA, Anthony M. Cardinale, Boston, MA, Francis J. DiMento, DiMento & Sullivan, Boston, MA, for John V. Martorano.
Randolph Gioia, Boston, MA, for Robert P. DeLuca
Kenneth J. Fishman, Fishman, Ankner & Horstman, LLP, Boston, MA, Kimberly Homan, Sheketoff & Homan, Boston, MA, for Stephen J. Flemmi.
A. Hugh Scott, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, MA, for James A. Ring.
Jonathan M. Albano, Thomas J. Hennessey, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA, for Globe Newspaper Co., Shelley Murphy, Kevin Cullen.
WOLF, District Judge.
I. SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 148
1. The Facts Concerning Defendant Stephen Flemmi's Motion to Dismiss
Based on Immunity .................................................................................... 148
2. The Motion to Dismiss Based on Immunity ............................................................... 163
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3. Flemmi's Motion to Suppress the 1984-85 Electronic Surveillance ....................................... 166
4. DeLuca's Motion to Suppress Concerning the LCN Induction Ceremony ..................................... 170
5. Conclusion of Summary ................................................................................. 172
II. FINDINGS OF FACT .......................................................................................... 175
1. The Standards Applied ................................................................................. 175
2. Rico and Flemmi ....................................................................................... 176
3. Flemmi as a Fugitive .................................................................................. 183
4. The Development of Bulger as an Informant ............................................................. 185
5. The FBI Forges the Flemmi-Bulger Partnership .......................................................... 186
6. Attorney General Levi's Memorandum on FBI Informants .................................................. 188
7. Bulger and Flemmi Begin to Perform as a Team .......................................................... 197
8. Morris Becomes Chief of the Organized Crime Squad ..................................................... 198
9. The Race-Fix Case ..................................................................................... 199
10. The FBI Does Not Investigate Bulger or Flemmi ......................................................... 201
11. The Lancaster Street Garage and 98 Prince Street ...................................................... 202
12. Sarhatt Extends Bulger and Flemmi As Informants ....................................................... 207
13. The Wheeler, Halloran, and Callahan Murders ........................................................... 208
14. The FBI Identified Other Informants for Flemmi and Bulger ............................................. 213
15. The South Boston Liquor Mart .......................................................................... 215
16. Greenleaf Becomes SAC and Ring Becomes Supervisor of the Organized
Crime Squad .......................................................................................... 216
17. The 1984-85 Electronic Surveillance ................................................................... 220
18. Morris Tells Bulger and Flemmi That They Can Do Anything They Want
as Long as They Do Not "Clip" Anyone ................................................................. 242
19. Dining with "Donnie Brasco" ........................................................................... 244
20. Vanessa's ............................................................................................. 244
21 Flemmi Becomes A Top Echelon Informant Again .......................................................... 248
22. Raymond Slinger ....................................................................................... 250
23. Bulger and Flemmi Are Protected From Investigation In the Hobart
Willis Case ......................................................................................... 254
24. The Guard Rails at the South Boston Liquor Mart ...................................................... 255
25. Joseph Murray ......................................................................................... 256
26. John Bahorian ......................................................................................... 258
27. The Leak and the Threat to The Boston Globe ........................................................... 259
28. Flemmi and Salemme .................................................................................... 262
29. Mercurio as an Informant .............................................................................. 263
30. The LCN Induction Ceremony ............................................................................ 269
31. Mercurio as a Fugitive ................................................................................ 289
32. The Investigation of Flemmi and Bulger ................................................................ 293
33. The Indictment of Bulger and Flemmi and Its Aftermath ................................................. 301
III. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ........................................................................................ 315
1. Flemmi's Motion to Dismiss or Suppress Based on Immunity .............................................. 315
A. The Court is Now Considering Only the Issue of Immunity ............................................. 315
B. The Applicable Standards Concerning Immunity ........................................................ 317
C. Dismissal of This Case Is Not Now Justified Because Flemmi Was
Not Promised Immunity From Prosecution ........................................................... 321
D. The Issues of Use and Derivative Use Immunity ....................................................... 325
(1) Flemmi Does Not Have An Agreement Providing Use Immunity
Generally For His Statements to the FBI ...................................................... 326
(2) The Promise of Confidentiality Means Statements to the FBI
Which Have the Effect of Identifying Flemmi as an Informant
Cannot Be Used Against Him Unless His Defense Makes Them
an Issue ...................................................................................... 326
(3) Flemmi Had an Enforceable Agreement Relating to 98 Prince
Street, Vanessa's, and 34 Guild Street ....................................................... 329
(4) A Hearing Will Be Necessary to Determine If This Case Must Be
Dismissed and, If Not, Whether Any Evidence Must be Excluded
at Trial ..................................................................................... 341
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(5) If Morris and Connolly Were Not Authorized to Promise Flemmi
that the Evidence Intercepted at 98 Prince Street, Vanessa's,
and 34 Guild Street Would Not Be Used Against Him, Flemmi's
Statements to the FBI Relating to Those Interceptions
May Have Been Involuntary and, In Addition, Use of Any
Evidence Intercepted At Those Locations May Violate Flemmi's
Right to Due Process ......................................................................... 346
2. The Motion to Suppress the 1984-85 Electronic Surveillance ............................................ 351
A. Summary ............................................................................................. 351
B. Suppression is Not Justified Based on the Alleged Violation of 18
U.S.C. § 2616(1) .............................................................................. 353
C. The Standards to be Applied in Deciding Whether to Suppress for a
Failure to Satisfy the Requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 2518(1)(c)Concerning
the Necessity for Electronic Surveillance .......................................................... 358
D. The Necessity Provision of Title III, § 2518(1)(c), is Constitutional in
Origin ............................................................................................. 364
E. The Motion to Suppress the 1984-85 Surveillance is Meritorious ...................................... 369
F. A Hearing is Necessary to Identify the Evidence Which Must be
Suppressed Because of the Government's Unlawful Conduct Concerning
the 1984-85 Electronic Surveillance and to Determine if
Any Other Remedy is Required ....................................................................... 380
3. Flemmi is Not an "Aggrieved Person" With Standing to Seek Suppression
of the Interceptions at Vanessa's Under Title III .................................................... 381
4. DeLuca Does Not Have Standing to Move to Suppress the Evidence
Intercepted at 34 Guild Street For a Violation of Title III Because the
1998 Supreme Court Decision in Minnesota v. Carter Indicates That
Although His Conversation was Intercepted, It Did Not Constitute an
"Oral Communication" As Defined in the Statute, and DeLuca's Fourth
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...crime syndicate Cosa Nostra,2 also known as the Mafia. Since this relationship was brought to light in United States v. Salemme, 91 F.Supp.2d 141 (D.Mass.1999), rev'd in part, 225 F.3d 78 (1st Cir.2000), cert denied sub nom. Flemmi v. United States, 531 U.S. 1170, 121 S.Ct. 1137, 148 L.Ed.2......
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In re Boston Herald, Inc., No. 02-2340.
...about the earlier chapters of this saga can be found in United States v. Flemmi, 225 F.3d 78 (1st Cir.2000); United States v. Salemme, 91 F.Supp.2d 141 (D.Mass.1999); and United States v. Salemme, 978 F.Supp. 343 (D.Mass.1997). Information about Connolly's relationships was extracted from a......
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United States v. Glover, Crim. No. 07-0152-04, 06 (ESH)
...Matsura , 129 F.Supp.3d 975, 978 – 82, No. 14–cr–388, 2015 WL 5449912, at *2–5 (S.D.Cal. Sept. 11, 2015) ; United States v. Salemme , 91 F.Supp.2d 141, 381–84 (D.Mass.1999), rev'd in part sub nom. United States v. Flemmi , 225 F.3d 78 (1st Cir.2000), while others, without directly addressin......
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McIntyre v. U.S., No. CIV.A.01-CV-10408-RC.
...assigned to a different ASAC." (emphasis added)); Fitzpatrick's admission is consistent with the findings in United States v. Salemme, 91 F.Supp.2d 141, 225 (D.Mass.1999) (Wolf, J.) (identifying Fitzpatrick as the FBI Boston Office ASAC in 1984 "with responsibility for relations with the DE......
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McIntyre v. U.S., Civil Action No. 01-CV-10408-RCL.
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