United States v. John Mapp and Kevin Moore

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• finding that activities of the racketeering enterprise occurred in the Eastern District, and therefore venue for prosecution under 1959(a)(1) proper in that district
• stating that required \strong relationship\ between predicate murder and racketeering activity affecting interstate commerce eliminates risk of \making purely local crimes a matter of federal concern\
• observing that the VCAR murder statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, requires “the government to prove that the defendant committed murder—however that crime is defined by the underlying state or federal law”
• observing that the VCAR murder statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, requires “the government to prove that the defendant committed murder—however that crime is defined by the underlying state or federal law”
• rejecting sufficiency challenge to § 1959 VICAR conviction by reference to United States v. Taylor , 92 F.3d 1313 , 1333 (2d Cir. 1996)
• noting § 1959’s purpose to advance the federal government’s strong interest in curbing organized crime

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