Al Capone concurrently. New lawyers hired to represent Capone were Washington-based tax experts. They filed a writ of habeas corpus based on a Supreme Court ruling that tax evasion was not fraud, which apparently meant that Capone had been convicted on charges relating to years that were actually outside the time limit for prosecution. However, a judge interpreted the law so that the time that Capone had spent in Miami was subtracted from the age of the offences, thereby denying the appeal of both Capone's conviction and sentence. Capone was sent to Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary in May 1932, aged 33. Upon his
Capone (film) State's Attorney, and if he was taken to grand jury, the evidence would be presented, and the Chicago Police Department would look stupid for arresting Capone. The next morning, Capone and Iris go on a picnic, and after they lose Capone's bodyguards, they begin a romantic relationship. On September 20, 1926, Weiss and his men enact a drive-by shootout at a restaurant where Capone is. Capone is saved by his ambitious bodyguard Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Stallone). Identifying one of the men as Weiss, Capone retaliates by ordering a hit on Weiss and his men that night; two men from