In court, Greenfield called the eight-count indictment weak.

In an eight-count indictment, the men were charged with using suitcases packed with explosives to bomb two Air-India jets on the same day, June 23, 1985.

Judge Aguilar, who is 59 years old, has denied all the charges brought against him in June 1989 in an eight-count indictment.

Jesse K. Timmendequas faced an eight-count indictment.

Yesterday's proceedings, with the unsealing of an eight-count indictment, brought the case into a very public phase.

The eight-count indictment, which was returned last June, charged him under the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, a law aimed at fighting organized crime.

Because of a plea bargain agreement, the guilty plea could mean a 20-year sentence rather than the 65-year sentence that the original eight-count indictment carried.

Mr. Timmendequas faces an eight-count indictment.

His plea yesterday was to an eight-count indictment last week accusing him of evading taxes on more than $700,000 of income in the early 1990's.

The Vigilantes controlled street level distribution of heroin in parts of Harlem and were behind at least 10 murders, according to an eight-count indictment.