Opinion ID: 592253
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Heading: Issue Preclusion on the RICO Counts

Text: 35 The government also challenges the district court's holding that the government is estopped from proving acquitted offenses as predicate acts for substantive RICO violations. This argument rests on the government's contention that issue preclusion does not apply to a retrial of mistried counts, a contention that we have already rejected. If issue preclusion does apply, however, the government concedes that Dowling would not allow evidence relating to acquitted mail or wire counts to be used to establish proof of the specific corresponding racketeering act charged in the substantive racketeering counts. Gov't Br. at 72-73 n. 40. 20 Because we have already held that issue preclusion will apply on retrial, we affirm the district court on this holding as well.