Prosecutors will have a tougher time convicting defendants of organized crime, thanks to a recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision. In Nguyen v. Texas the court held that prosecutors must prove a defendant collaborated with others to commit more than one crime in order to secure an organized-crime conviction. Until Nguyen, though, the state's high criminal court had not squarely addressed whether a single crime can set the stage for organized crime.
October 04, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Prosecutors will have a tougher time convicting defendants of organized crime, thanks to a Sept. 22 Court of Criminal Appeals decision.
In Nguyen v. Texas, a rare win for the defense, the court held that prosecutors must prove a defendant collaborated with others to commit more than one crime in order to secure an organized- crime conviction.
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