Legal Opinion
Caldwell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 11, 1984No. 41044, 41045PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Chief Justice.
This is a RICO forfeiture proceeding. The primary issue involves the applicability of the Georgia RICO act to an elective office holder seeking reelection. A second but equally significant issue involves the sufficiency of the evidence necessary to authorize the temporary seizure, pending final adjudication, of property allegedly derived from or realized through a pattern of racketeering activity.
On December 27, 1983, the district attorney for the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit filed a civil RICO forfeiture proceeding pursuant to OCGA § 16-14-7 against Sam Caldwell in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. MiddlebrooksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Lowe v. ByrdSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Chattanooga & Chicamauga Interurban Railway Co. v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
3Cited by11 opinions
- Dorsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
- Pimper v. State Ex Rel. SimpsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- State of Ga. v. SHEARSON LEHMAN BROS. &C.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Interagency, Inc. v. Danco Financial Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Larson v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.