The New Jersey state Supreme Court on Thursday denied a new trial to reputed mobster Martin Taccetta and reinstated his life sentence for racketeering and extortion, rejecting his claim that bad legal advice led him to reject a favorable plea deal. In 1993, Taccetta, an alleged member of the Lucchese crime family, was accused of extorting money from two brothers in a business that made video slot machines, and of murdering their uncle, allegedly for missing payments to the family. He was acquitted of murder.
August 03, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday denied a new trial to reputed mobster Martin Taccetta and reinstated his life sentence for racketeering and extortion, rejecting his claim that bad legal advice led him to reject a favorable plea deal.
The state Supreme Court reversed lower court rulings that granted Taccetta post-conviction relief on the ground that given his protestations of innocence, accepting the deal would have required him to perjure himself to provide a factual basis.
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