Jackson v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of C-felony “corrupt business influence,” the formal name of the Indiana Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, for his involvement in three armed robberies during the course of a month. Defendant appealed, arguing that the State presented insufficient evidence to support his conviction for corrupt business influence because the State failed to prove that his actions posed a threat of “continued” criminal activity. The court of appeals agreed and reversed Defendant’s corrupt business influence conviction. The Supreme Court granted transfer and affirmed Defendant’s conviction for corrupt business influence, holding (1) continuity is not required for a corrupt business influence conviction, but continuity is relevant to whether the incidents were “not isolated,” which is an element of the definition; and (2) in this case, there was sufficient evidence that Defendant’s crimes were not isolated.
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