Rio JU Warrior Reged: 04/09/07 Posts: 121024 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio Supreme Court rebuffs effort by R. Kelly to overturn conviction 06/23/25 09:46 AM Edit Reply Quote Supreme Court rebuffs effort by R. Kelly to overturn conviction Updated: 11:59 AM EDT Jun 23, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ John Fritze, CNN The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the recording artist R. Kelly, who claimed prosecutors "stretched" the law in securing racketeering and sex trafficking convictions against him. File video above: R. Kelly convicted of child porn, enticing girls Robert Sylvester Kelly is serving a 30-year sentence for those convictions. Kelly, a Grammy-winning R&B songwriter, was convicted under the 1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, often associated with efforts to take down the Mafia but that can also give prosecutors the ability to seek higher sentences in different types of cases. Kelly's defense attorneys told the Supreme Court that prosectors "stretched" the use of the act in how they defined the term "enterprise." An enterprise for the purposes of RICO, Kelly told the high court, only exists if its members share a common purpose to engage in illegal conduct.… https://www.wlwt.com/article/r-kelly-supreme-court-rico-appeal/65156584 Rio: "Warriors...Come out to playay!!!!!!!!!" Report Remind Me Link

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