Whether the appellant was improperly convicted of RICO participation and obstruction of justice

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. The Appellant was improperly convicted of participating in a RICO organization, 18 U.S.C. §1962(d), because he was incarcerated during the vast majority of time that the illegal acts of others in the organization were perpetrated; because he was unaware of any of said illegal acts committed by others in the organization and because various other members in the organization specifically told the other members not to inform the Appellant of the illegal acts that they had committed. 2. The Appellant was improperly convicted of obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(1), because there was no official proceeding pending against him. The involvement of federal investigative resources does not create or indicate that a federal proceeding has been initiated. ii Il.