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Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at Leagle.com - All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One Search: "Richard Fabel appeals the sentence imposed by the district court on the grounds that the court (1) committed significant procedural error by considering improper evidence during its 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) analysis; and (2) imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence. We affirm.
Fabel was convicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ('RICO'), for crimes in which he engaged, while he was the president and spokesman of the 'Washington Nomads,' a chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. The jury found that Fabel conducted the affairs of the Nomads through a 'pattern' of racketeering activity—meaning Fabel committed at least two related predicate 'racketeering acts,' in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)."