Padilla v. State

Alleging illegal acts of credit card factoring and money laundering, an information charged the Appellants, Ms. Ruth Lynn Padilla, Ms. Tammy Compton, and Ms. April Szczesny,1 with racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering predicated upon various acts occurring between April 1996, and August 1997. After the trial court denied the Appellants’ individual motions to dismiss the information, each pleaded nolo contendere to the charges reserving the right to appeal the denial of their motions to dismiss. On appeal they present three issues: that the trial court erred in denying the motions…