O75.1 RICO - Substantive Offense
Official jury instruction text reproduced for information. It is not legal advice; the instruction given in a case depends on the facts and the court.
- Instruction
- O75.1
- Statute
- 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)
- Edition
- Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), revised July 2026
- Official source
- Official PDF, page 495
Elements
Quoted word for word from the official text. Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), revised July 2026.
committed the crime charged in that count, five specific facts must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) the Defendant was associated with an enterprise;
(2) the Defendant knowingly committed, or aided and abetted in committing, at least two acts of racketeering activity;
(3) the two acts of racketeering activity were connected by a common scheme, plan, or motive constituting a pattern of criminal activity, and not just a series of separate, isolated, or disconnected acts;
(4) by committing the two or more connected acts, the Defendant participated in conducting the enterprise's affairs; and
(5) the enterprise engaged in, or the activities of the enterprise affected, interstate commerce.
Related practice page
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Official source: Official PDF, page 495
Official jury instruction text reproduced for information. It is not legal advice; the instruction given in a case depends on the facts and the court.