Helmadollar v. State

The appellant, Richard Helmadollar, was convicted after trial of one count of racketeering, one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering, and multiple counts of burglary and grand theft. The primary issue on appeal is whether the state failed to meet its burden as established by the Florida Supreme Court in Gross v. State, 765 So.2d 39 (Fla.2000) in regard to the racketeering counts.

Helmadollar contends that the trial evidence failed to establish the two elements necessary to prove an “enterprise” as that term is utilized in the Florida Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations…