Section 40.50. Previous prosecution; enterprise corruption


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  • 1. The following definitions are applicable to this section:
        (a)  A criminal act or offense is "specifically included" when a count
      of an accusatory instrument charging a person with enterprise corruption
      alleges a pattern of criminal activity and the act or offense is alleged
      to be a criminal act within such pattern.
        (b) A criminal act is "a part  of"  a  pattern  of  criminal  activity
      alleged  in  a count of enterprise corruption when it is committed prior
      to commencement of the criminal action in which enterprise corruption is
      charged and was committed in furtherance of the same  common  scheme  or
      plan or with intent to participate in or further the affairs of the same
      criminal  enterprise  to  which  the crimes specifically included in the
      pattern are connected.
        (c) A person "is prosecuted" for an offense when he is prosecuted  for
      it  within  the  meaning  of  section  40.30  of this article or when an
      indictment or  a  count  of  an  indictment  charging  that  offense  is
      dismissed   pursuant   to   section   210.20  of  this  chapter  without
      authorization to submit the charge to the same or another grand jury, or
      the indictment or the count of the indictment charging that  offense  is
      dismissed  following  the  granting  of a motion to suppress pursuant to
      article 710 of this chapter, unless an appeal from  the  order  granting
      the motion to dismiss or suppress is pending.
        (d)  An  offense was "not prosecutable" in an accusatory instrument in
      which a person was charged with enterprise corruption when there was  no
      geographical  jurisdiction  of  that  offense  in  the  county where the
      accusatory instrument was filed, or when the offense was prosecutable in
      the county and was not barred from prosecution by section 40.20 or 40.40
      of this article or by any other provision  of  law  but  the  prosecutor
      filing  the  accusatory instrument was not empowered by law to prosecute
      the offense.
        2. A person who has been previously prosecuted for an offense may  not
      be  subsequently  prosecuted  for  enterprise  corruption  based  upon a
      pattern of criminal activity in which that  prior  offense,  or  another
      offense based upon the same act or criminal transaction, is specifically
      included unless:
        (a) he was convicted of that prior offense; and
        (b)   the   subsequent  pattern  of  criminal  activity  in  which  he
      participated includes at least one criminal act for  which  he  was  not
      previously prosecuted, which was a felony, and which occurred after that
      prior conviction.
        3.  A  person  who  has  been  previously  prosecuted  for  enterprise
      corruption  may  not  be  subsequently   prosecuted   for   an   offense
      specifically  included in the pattern of criminal activity upon which it
      was based, or another offense  based  upon  the  same  act  or  criminal
      transaction,  unless  the  offense  is  a  class  A  felony  and was not
      prosecutable in the  accusatory  instrument  in  which  the  person  was
      charged with enterprise corruption.
        4. A person may not be separately prosecuted for enterprise corruption
      and  for  an  offense  specifically  included in the pattern of criminal
      activity upon which it is based or another offense based upon  the  same
      act  or  transaction,  unless the offense is a class A felony and is not
      prosecutable in the accusatory instrument in which the person is charged
      with enterprise corruption.
        5.  A  person  who  has  been  previously  prosecuted  for  enterprise
      corruption  may  not  be  subsequently  prosecuted for an offense which,
      while not specifically included in the pattern of criminal  activity  on
      which   the  prior  charge  of  enterprise  corruption  was  based,  was
      nonetheless a part of that pattern, unless the offense was a class A  or
    
      B  felony  and either the offense was not prosecutable in the accusatory
      instrument in which the person was charged with enterprise corruption or
      the people show, by clear and convincing evidence, that  the  prosecutor
      did  not  possess evidence legally sufficient to support a conviction of
      that offense at the time of the earlier prosecution and evidence of that
      offense was not presented as part of the case in chief  in  the  earlier
      prosecution.
        6.  A  person  who  has  been  previously  prosecuted  for  enterprise
      corruption may not be subsequently prosecuted for enterprise  corruption
      based  upon  a pattern of criminal activity that specifically includes a
      criminal act that was also specifically included  in  the  pattern  upon
      which the prior charge of enterprise corruption was based.
        7. A person may not be separately prosecuted for enterprise corruption
      in two accusatory instruments based upon a pattern of criminal activity,
      alleged  in either instrument, that specifically includes a criminal act
      that is also specifically included in the pattern upon which  the  other
      charge of enterprise corruption is based.
        8.  When a person is charged in an accusatory instrument with both one
      or more counts of enterprise corruption  and  with  another  offense  or
      offenses  specifically included in or otherwise a part of the pattern or
      patterns of criminal activity  upon  which  the  charge  or  charges  of
      enterprise  corruption is or are based, and the court orders that any of
      the counts be tried separately pursuant to subdivision  one  of  section
      200.40  of  this  chapter,  this  section shall not apply and subsequent
      prosecution of the remaining counts or offenses shall not be barred.
        9. A person  who  has  been  previously  prosecuted  for  racketeering
      pursuant  to  federal law, or any comparable offense pursuant to the law
      of another state may  not  be  subsequently  prosecuted  for  enterprise
      corruption  based  upon a pattern of criminal activity that specifically
      includes a criminal act that  was  also  specifically  included  in  the
      pattern  of  racketeering  activity  upon  which  the  prior  charge  of
      racketeering was based provided, however, that this section shall not be
      construed to prohibit the subsequent prosecution of  any  other  offense
      specifically   included   in  or  otherwise  a  part  of  a  pattern  of
      racketeering  activity  alleged  in  any  such  prior  prosecution   for
      racketeering or other comparable offense.