How Significant Was Apalachin Mob Meeting, Really?
This year marks the 55th anniversary of the infamous trial resulting from the disastrous 1957 meeting in Apalachin, New York (humorously depicted at the start of Analyze This ). The resulting conspiracy trial, United States v. Bufalino ultimately led to acquittals. Roadblocks stop mobsters fleeing from 1957's hastily called Apalachin summit. Prosecutors actually had won a jury's "guilty" verdict, but an appellate court overturned it on an appeal .