Legal Opinion
United States v. Kragness
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1987No. Nos. 86-5087—86-5091PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Leonard Kragness, Dennis Deters, Peter Caspersen, Jerald Holbrook, and Ronald Prescott were charged in a thirteen-count indictment with conspiring to violate and violating the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c) and (d), with several drug conspiracies, and with other substantive offenses. According to the indictment, the defendants were participants in an organization that, between 1976 and 1984, imported and distributed, and conspired to import and distribute, substantial quantities of marijuana, cocaine, and…
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