Court Opinion

ID: 9843675
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 02:41:36.705521+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:51.697717
License: Public Domain

SANDSTROM, Justice,
concurring.
[¶21] I agree with the majority opinion, but write separately to emphasize what may not be sufficiently clear in ¶¶ 17-18. A “pattern of racketeering activity” requires two separate acts, each of which is separately chargeable or indictable as provided by law. See N.D.C.C. § 12.1-06.1-01(2)(d) and (e). It is not sufficient that a single act could be charged as two different crimes. Id. Nor is it sufficient that two or more “actions” are part of a single “criminal act.” Id.
[¶ 22] Dale V. Sandstrom