United States v. Carroll Zane Tillett, A/K/A Frog, A/K/A Greenie, United States of America v. Michael Dale Rogers

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• stating that plaintiff must show that each alleged conspira- tor \participated in the conspiracy with knowledge of the essential nature of the plan.\
• noting that the enterprise established a seafood restaurant as a legitimate business front for the smuggling operation, purchased trucks and equipment, and formed a corporation to buy the boat used for smuggling
• finding enterprise where individuals used proceeds from predicate acts to purchase boat to smuggle drugs
• finding enterprise where individuals used proceeds from predicate acts to purchase boat to smuggle drugs
• finding common purpose of enterprise was to make money through the illegal trafficking of marijuana
• affirming the existence of an enterprise where “[t]here was both a continuity of structure and personality within the organization despite the change in financiers”

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