Bonanno

On February 15, 1972, defendants Salvatore V. Bonanno and Joseph C. Bonanno were convicted of using extortionate means to collect credit in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 894 , conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 , and being principals to a crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 . Salvatore was sentenced to three years imprisonment, to run concurrently with an unrelated federal term of imprisonment he was then serving, and was also given a ten-year suspended sentence of imprisonment and placed on probation for five years. This probationary period commenced upon his release from prison in March, 1974. Joseph was sentenced to concurrent terms of five years imprisonment on four counts, and began serving his sentence on August 17, 1973. After 26 months in prison, this court granted Joseph’s motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 , and vacated his sentence on the grounds that the United States Board of Parole had not given the defendant the early parole consideration intended by the court when it imposed sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 4208 (a)(2). Therefore, on October 22, 1975, this court resentenced Joseph to five years probation.

Both Salvatore and Joseph Bonanno were on probation to…