Oregon v. Walker
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The issue this case presented to the Supreme Court was what constitutes an "enterprise" within the meaning of the Oregon Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (ORICO). Defendant was charged with one count of racketeering, and one count of theft in the first degree. The racketeering count, which required proof that defendant participated in an "enterprise" through a pattern of racketeering, was based on the charged theft offense and two uncharged offenses of theft in the second degree allegedly committed in another county. A jury found defendant guilty of both the racketeering and the first degree theft offenses. Defendant appealed his conviction for racketeering, arguing that there was insufficient evidence that he had participated in an enterprise and that the trial court therefore had erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal on the that count. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals affirmed. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed too.
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