unsophisticated-crime

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-6439 Sidney Patterson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-activity due-process legislative-intent racketeering rico rico-statute sufficiency-of-evidence unsophisticated-crime vague-statute A conviction based on less than sufficient evidence is a due process violation. 1. Does the application of a vaguely written racketeering statute to …