Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. To obtain a conviction for mail fraud, the federal government must prove the defendant’s specific intent to defraud another party by use of the U.S. mail or some other interstate commercial carrier.
2. The Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits the government from prosecuting a defendant for a RICO charge where the defendant has been previously convicted of one or more of the predicate crimes.
3. The federal RICO statute brings into federal criminal law an offense that was part of English common law.
4. Intrastate violations of securities laws are generally prosecuted under state statutes that parallel federal securities laws.
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
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A) monozygotic, monochorionic, identical twins who share an environment. B) monozygotic, dichorionic, nonshared twins. C) identical, dichorionic, shared siblings. D) unichorionic, unizygotic, concordant, monoenvironmental siblings. E) monochorionic, identical , concordant twins who shared a membrane.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A key factual question in this case is:
a. whether offering and then retrieving the procurement care constitutes an overt act within the meaning of the state attempt statute. b. whether the waiter had an improper motive in reporting the incident to the prosecutor’s office. c. whether Dexter’s initial offering of the procurement card was inadvertent or manifested an intent to use city funds to pay for the meal. d. whether the city’s laws prohibited the use of city funds to pay for benefits to the political supporters of city officials.
Given blood spatter patterns, it is possible to determine the direction the blood was traveling, the angle of impact, and the point _________________________________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word