Legal Opinion
United States v. Gilbert L. Dozier
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1982No. 80-3927PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Gilbert L. Dozier was elected Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Louisiana on December 13, 1975, and took office on May 10 of the following year. His bid for reelection in December, 1979, conducted in the midst of a publicized federal investigation of his activities as Commissioner, was unsuccessful. In January, 1980, a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against Dozier.
Count One charged that Dozier had violated the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) by conducting the affairs of the…
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