Source: cases/18usc1962/f3d-935-266-us-v-jones.case
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Similarly, RICO conspiracy only requires that (1) "two or more people agreed to commit a substantive RICO offense"; and (2) "the defendant knew of and agreed to the overall objective of the RICO offense." Jones , 873 F.3d at 489.
casedsl 1.2 # author: Flash1 (gemini-3.8-flash-high) # triaged-by: Fable (2026-11-10) case /f3d/935/0266-01 name United States v. Jones cite 935 F.3d 266 (2019) court United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit date 2019-08-12 url catalog/cases/f3d/volume_935/0266_01/index.html source ir/caselaw/f3d_935.jsonl sha1=c53013c3835dc8a02e729e30155e2ebd08ddc253 chars=20544 opinion op : per-curiam @0..20544 controlling party p1 : Deloyd Jones, Byron Jones and Sidney Patterson (appellants) count c1 : Count 1 RICO conspiracy, used as the crime-of-violence predicate of the § 924 counts theory t1 : RICO conspiracy elements as comparator for crime of violence law 18usc1962 (d) role comparator posture criminal; gang members convicted of RICO conspiracy, drug and firearm offenses; second appeal challenged only § 924 convictions predicated on RICO conspiracy as a crime of violence; CA5 found plain error under Davis, vacated the § 924 counts and remanded (the RICO conspiracy convictions were not in issue) result not-decided element conspiracy : not-reached role comparator route _comparator party p1 count c1 theory t1 rule @7897..8126 | Similarly, RICO conspiracy only requires that (1) "two or more people agreed to commit a substantive RICO offense"; and (2) "the defendant knew of and agreed to the overall objective of the RICO offense." Jones , 873 F.3d at 489. gloss The elements of § 1962(d) conspiracy are recited only as the yardstick for § 924(c)(3): because the offense is a bare agreement, it is not a crime of violence. No § 1962 element is applied to the appellants' conduct in this opinion.