United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's RICO conviction is affirmed over his claim that the Government failed to present sufficient evidence 1)of the existence of a RICO enterprise; 2)of a pattern to the racketeering activity; and 3)of a nexus between the enterprise and the racketeering activity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2005
• Published 07/07/2005

Judges

• TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, McKAY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tyrese Sharod Smith, Florence, CO, filed a pro se brief., Catherine Conklin (Deirdre A. Gorman, with her on the briefs), Ogden, UT, appearing for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diana Hagen, Assistant United States Attorney (Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, and Robert A. Lund, Assistant United States Attorney, with her on the briefs), Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, appearing for Appellee.