Proof in racketeering murder
Manning v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Robert Manning asks whether a federal judge may separate proof of the underlying state crime from proof of the racketeering enterprise and pattern, and whether his federal murder conviction can stand without evidence proving every element of that state crime.
- What's at stake
- Manning's challenge to his federal murder conviction remains unresolved; the Supreme Court has not agreed to review it.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The petition was distributed for conference, but the Supreme Court has not agreed to hear it.
The petition concerns how a federal racketeering-related murder charge depends on proof of an underlying state crime.
Question presented
1. In a prosecution for a violent crime in aid of racketeering, does the United States District Judge have the discretion to bifurcate the element which requires an underlying predicate crime from the elements of enterprise and pattern of racketeering? 2. May the court sustain a conviction for VICAR murder when there is insufficient evidence to prove each element of the underlying state crime?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court's Sept. 28, 2026 conference. The Court's next step is to decide whether to hear it; the conference date does not guarantee an order date.
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Sources
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