Arthur R. Poff v. Pamela A. Poff

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• holding that section 4 1959’s motive requirement may be satisfied where, as here, the defendant committed the violent crimes at issue because “he knew [such conduct] was expected of him by reason of his membership in the enterprise”
• holding that VICAR was intended to compliment RICO
• holding that VICAR was intended to compliment RICO
• noting that nothing in the text of the statute limited its application to cases where the defendant’s sole or primary purpose was to maintain gang membership
• noting that one could be guilty under § 1959 if the violent crime was “an integral aspect of membership” even if it was not the “sole or principal motive”
• recognizing high probative value of act done in furtherance of conspiracy because “it is part of the very act charged”

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