Name | Position | Charges | Convictions |
McCain | Governor, South East Chicago | Counts 1–40 | Counts 1–8, 11–27, 29, 31–36, 39, 40 |
Moore | Governor, Near West Chicago | Counts 1–40 | Counts 1–7 |
Ellis | Regent under Moore, later Governor | Counts 1–40 | Counts 1–8, 11–27, 29, 31–36, 39, 40 |
Wilson | Governor after Ellis | Counts 1–41 | Counts 1–8, 11–27, 29, 31–36, 39–41 |
Pink | Co–Regent, McCain territory | Counts 1, 7, 10, 14 | Counts 1, 7, 14 |
Poteete | Regent, Moore territory | Counts 1, 5, 6 | Counts 1, 5, 6 |
Smith | Collection agent | Counts 1, 17 | Counts 1, 17 |
Any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less than 20 years and which may be up to life imprisonment, to a [specified] fine ..., and to the forfeiture prescribed in section 853 of this title; except that if any person engaged in such activity after one or more prior convictions of him under this section have become final, he shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less than 30 years and which may be up to life imprisonment,....
Other than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
A conspirator is responsible for the acts of any other member of the conspiracy if he was a member of the conspiracy when the act was committed, and if the act was committed in furtherance of or as a natural consequence of the conspiracy.
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