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"Birds Of A Feather" Rico: Trying Partners In Crime Together, Julie Gunnigle Jan 2006

"Birds Of A Feather" Rico: Trying Partners In Crime Together, Julie Gunnigle

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

This Article examines how RICO's substantive elements, namely "enterprise," "pattern," and "racketeering activity," shift the balance of power in a criminal prosecution by altering the application of procedural and evidentiary rules. Part I reviews the relevant procedural and evidentiary rules, as they existed before RICO and the advent of the "enterprise trial." Part II introduces RICO and examines how it changed the application of these rules, with particular focus on the law of joinder of offenses and offenders. Part III examines the law of joinder and severance in the U .K. where the primary paradigm for a trial is a …


Anti-Racketeering Legislation In America, Craig M. Bradley Jan 2006

Anti-Racketeering Legislation In America, Craig M. Bradley

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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