Legal Opinion

United States v. Zemek

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 6, 1980No. Nos. 79-1536, 79-1537, 79-1549 to 79-1552, 79-1567 and 80-1143PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellants attack the sufficiency of the evidence to support their convictions for a racketeering conspiracy and numerous substantive offenses connected therewith. They also assign error to designated instructions and evidentiary rulings. We affirm.

Count 1 of the seventeen count indictment charged fifteen confederates with conspiring over a seven-year period (1971 to 1978) to conduct the affairs of an “enterprise”, the tavern business of Pierce County, Washington, through a pattern of racketeering. 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d).

The alleged racketeering activities…

2Cases cited77 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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3Cited by115 opinions

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