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CALDWELL v. STATE

41044, 41045.

253 Ga. 400 (1984)

321 S.E.2d 704

CALDWELL et al. v. THE STATE. CALDWELL v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heard, Leverett & Adams, E. Freeman Leverett, Worozbyt & Morrison, Theodore S. Worozbyt, for appellants.

Robert W. Wilson, District Attorney, Susan Brooks, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

HILL, Chief Justice.

This is a RICO forfeiture proceeding.1 The primary issue involves the applicability of the Georgia RICO act to an elective office holder seeking reelection. A second but equally significant issue involves the sufficiency of the evidence necessary to authorize the temporary seizure, pending final adjudication, of property allegedly derived from or realized through a pattern of racketeering activity.

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