United States v. Darden

WAVERLY D. CRENSHAW, JR., CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

In this criminal case, the Government alleges that the 12 named Defendants are or were members of the Gangster Disciples who operated in and around Clarksville, Tennessee.1 Count One is a conspiracy count brought under the Racketeer Influence Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a), and alleges that the Gangster Disciples is a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in wide-ranging criminal behavior. Forty-four other Counts fill out the controlling Second Superseding Indictment (Doc. No. 380), and…