United States v. John Horak, and United States of America v. John Horak

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• finding that RICO forfeiture is punishment imposed on a guilty defendant
• affirming RICO conviction; defendants’ three bribes to local officials with monthly payments were sufficient to show pattern under flexible standard aimed at ongoing crimes
• possible eighth amendment violation where forfeiture order would reach stock worth $8 million for acts of racketeering worth $712,000
• forfeiture under Sec. 1963(a)(1) limited to interests that would not have been acquired or maintained \but for\ defendant's racketeering activities
• \prosecutorial caprice in the choice of the enterprise\ could implicate the Eighth Amendment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).