TCA 39-12-202
Legislative intent
FELONYFelony
What does this charge mean?
This statute explains that Tennessee's RICO law was created to punish and stop organized crime, gang activity, and human trafficking by prosecuting the criminal conduct that supports these organizations and by seizing profits from their illegal activities; the law is intended only for patterns of related crimes, not for isolated criminal incidents.
Penalty Details
ClassificationFelony
Penalty SummaryFelony
(a) The general assembly finds and declares that an effective means of punishing and deterring organized crime involving gang activity and human trafficking is prosecuting unlawful conduct that furthers the interests of these criminal organizations, as well as the forfeiture of profits derived from such criminal activities. (b) It is not the intent of the general assembly that isolated incidents of felony conduct be prosecuted under this part, but only an interrelated pattern of criminal activity.
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FELONY
TCA Section39-12-202