enterprise

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6978 Dechaun Toliver v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction due-process enterprise ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining plea-colloquy plea-negotiation rico rico-laws Can a RICO conviction stand without an 'Enterprise' or corrupt acts meeting a monetary threshold?
22-6067 Yazan Al-Madani v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review enterprise fraud hobbs-act mens-rea public-official rico rico-act sentencing-error victim Whether an entity can be both an 'enterprise' and a 'victim' under RICO
21-7119 Victor Carlos Castano v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure enterprise fifth-amendment grand-jury jury-instructions proffer-agreement rico-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the government was impermissibly relieved of its burden to prove each element of RICO Conspiracy
21-7095 Paul Anthony Darrah v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-10 Denied IFP enterprise enterprise-existence first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech jury-instruction jury-instructions necessity-requirement rico-conspiracy title-iii-wiretap wiretap-authorization Should the jury have been allowed to convict on the hypothetical existence of a RICO enterprise?
19-8376 Carlos M. Guerrero-Castro v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-enterprise criminal-procedure enterprise essential-element judicial-procedure jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error RICO rico-conspiracy Whether a district court commits plain error by refusing to properly instruct the jury that the existence of an actual enterprise is always an essenti…
19-5489 Azibo Aquart v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied IFP criminal-intent criminal-law enterprise enterprise-protection intent position racketeering racketeering-statute second-circuit-interpretation statutory-construction vicar-statute violent-crimes violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering Whether a defendant acts for the purpose of maintaining or increasing his position in an enterprise under the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering st…
18-8741 Francisco Frank Apodaca, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP association-in-fact corporation enterprise enterprise-definition guilty-plea individuals ineffective-assistance legal-entity rico rico-statute sentencing-error statutory-interpretation union Can a corporation or other legal entity be associated in fact with a union or one or more individuals under the 'enterprise' definition of the RICO st…
18-8217 Marvin Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process enterprise enterprise-membership fair-trial jury-instructions racketeering racketeering-act violent-crime Whether evidence supporting a conviction of violent crime in aid of racketeering must demonstrate the defendant was a member of the alleged enterprise
18-6948 William Gavidia v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights common-heritage crimes-of-violence criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process enterprise indictment pattern-of-activity pattern-of-racketeering racketeering racketeering-activity Whether those of common heritage constitute an enterprise that should be indicted and tried together and any crimes of violence they commit constitute…