Lawson, No. 044480 Conviction for charges related to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and drug-related charges is affirmed, sentence is vacated, and case is remanded for sentencing where: 1) defendant was not entitled to a directed verdict on any of the charges of which he was convicted; 2) the evidence belies that Racketeering Acts 1A, 3, and 4 were sporadic, unrelated activities and there was sufficient evidence that they constituted a pattern of racketeering… [read post]