Legal Opinion
United States v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2011No. 07-50020PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Steve Loren Scott appeals his conviction and 220-month sentence after being found guilty by a jury of one count of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), for participating in violent acts undertaken by the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang. We affirm.
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The Aryan Brotherhood (AB) is a violent prison gang that started in California prisons but eventually spread to the federal prison system. Its members, most of whom are white prisoners, engaged in a conspiracy to use violence and traffic drugs to maintain a position of power in prisons and to…
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