enterprise
9 cases — ← All topics
| 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… |