Opinion ID: 76722
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Heading: Moore's Enterprise

Text: 53 We have previously outlined evidence that there was extensive cooperation among the indicted southwest Atlanta pimps generally. We now focus on additional evidence that supports the jury's conclusion that Moore agreed to participate in a RICO enterprise. Two plausible views of the evidence support this conclusion. One view is that Moore and his legal wife, Linda Moore, headed up a prostitution enterprise involving juvenile females. An alternative view is that Moore and other pimps with whom he was closely affiliated — Hollywood, Worm, Playboy, Black, and LittleD — formed an enterprise to prostitute juvenile females. We now highlight evidence supporting these two views. 7 54 As to the enterprise formed by Moore and his wife, the evidence showed that Moore had a bottom girl named Too Tall and employed many juvenile prostitutes, including 13-year-olds Tasha, JF7, JF9, and JF37; 14-year-old JF15; and 15-year-olds Lil Bit, JF8, JF12, JF22, JF33, and JF53. Moore drove several ostentatious vehicles (one of which he dubbed the Batmobile) and worked the track with his prostitutes, collecting the proceeds from their dates and flagging down customers. Moore complied with the rules of the game, serving other pimps when prostitutes chose him and collecting money from other pimps when one of his prostitutes chose another pimp. Teaching his prostitutes the rules, Moore instructed his prostitutes to milk their dates for as much cash as possible, charging for each discrete sexual act or even each time they changed sexual positions. Moore disciplined his prostitutes for infractions by beating them, hitting them with a baseball bat, and trunking them. Finally, Moore directed his wife, Linda, a pimp also indicted in this case, to take his prostitutes shopping for clothes and to drive them to the track for work. On one occasion, 12-year-old JF11 received a call from a boyfriend named Weasel who told her that he and Moore were in a car outside her home and that she and her family would be killed if she didn't come out of the house. JF11 came out of the house and got into Moore's car. After Moore drove to his house, Weasel beat JF11 on her face. Moore and Weasel then tied JF11 to a bed with a telephone cord. Later, Moore untied JF11, ran errands, and then went to a mall and purchased clothes for her, telling her that if she didn't go with them, he would kill her. That night, Moore forced JF11 to have sexual intercourse with Hollywood, threatening to kill her if she refused. Moore took the money paid by Hollywood for sex with JF11. Even though JF11 escaped Moore's clutches after this incident, Moore returned to JF11's house and again threatened to kill her unless she went with him, which she did. Moore then took JF11 to another person's house, where JF11 was gang raped by three males. 55 There was convincing evidence that Moore, along with his wife, Linda, formed an enterprise to make money through prostitution of juveniles. 56 Even more clearly, the evidence showed that Moore formed an enterprise with Hollywood, Worm, Playboy, Black, and Little D. Hollywood testified that he and Moore recruited females together, and jointly hosted private prostitution parties at a local hotel. Moore also rented rooms in a boarding house to other pimps so that they could prostitute their females. Moore charged pimps different rates, depending on the level of cooperation between Moore and the pimp. 57 Worm, an indicted pimp who had pleaded guilty, testified at trial that [i]t was just like birds of a feather flock together, pimps of a feather flock together. Pimps run in a group, each one look out for each other. (R.18 at 987.) Worm testified that pimps looked out for each other by bonding each other's prostitutes out of jail, and that he wouldn't let nobody down, if they need me I be there. (R.18 at 989.) Worm actively associated with Moore, Dwayne Comer (known as Julio), Anthony Bell (known as Black), and Landreaka Herndon (known as Big D). Most notably, Worm and Moore drove together to Anniston, Alabama at least five times to prostitute females. Once while in Alabama, Moore successfully recruited a prostitute to work for him in Atlanta. Worm also looked out for Moore by helping him with gas money and giving him money as needed for other tasks. 58 Mekell Astin, a neighborhood drug dealer, testified that Moore worked with Dwayne Comer (known as Little D) and Black. On at least five occasions, Moore purchased marijuana and powder cocaine from Astin for his prostitutes, using the drugs as a reward or as a lure for other juvenile females. Moore introduced Astin to Terrance Ramsey (known as Playboy,) another indicted pimp, who became one of Astin's customers. 59 Moore had a relationship with the local police. Worm testified that Moore sat in police vehicles and found out which nights the police would be conducting sweeps. Worm also testified that Moore revealed that Tuesdays and Thursday is vice night, (R.19 at 1017), and that Worm and Moore drove prostitutes to Alabama on those nights to avoid arrest. 60 Moore and Hollywood colluded to keep the prices for dates on the track between $30 to $80. 8 On at least one occasion, Moore and Hollywood confronted another indicted pimp, Deunbray Rucker (known as Poochie), for undercutting the price range. Moore and Hollywood persuaded Poochie to rejoin the price fixing cartel, and agreed that they would force Poochie to leave the area if he tried to undercut prices again. 9 61 The evidence showed Moore to be a central figure among these pimps, as he introduced Playboy to a drug dealer, traveled with Worm out of state to prostitute females, and served as a information conduit from the police to Worm and other pimps. Moore and Linda Moore functioned vertically, as she took direction from Moore about the maintenance of their stable of prostitutes. Hollywood, Worm, Playboy, Black, Little D, and Moore operated horizontally, exchanging favors and working together to accomplish their criminal objectives. 62 Based on this evidence, the jury could have concluded that Moore participated in a RICO enterprise. Whether the enterprise consisted of Moore and Linda Moore, or also included Hollywood, Worm, Playboy, Black, and Little D, the jury could have found that Moore was a member of an informal, ongoing organization with a continuing association, bound together to make money prostituting juvenile females. We therefore conclude that the evidence sufficiently supports a finding that Moore participated in a RICO enterprise.