645 So. 2d 575 - Clark v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The evidence revealed that since the late 1980’s Clark had been operating a scam whereby he recruited mostly females to assist him in stealing wallets out of women’s purses in shopping carts in Publix supermarkets.... Either Clark or one of his accomplices would divert the shopper’s attention and the other would grab the wallet. Clark would use the victims’ identifications to draft false birth certificates and social security cards for his accomplices to use to obtain false Florida identification cards. He drafted these documents in a home office that was fully equipped for such a purpose. The accomplices would then use the identification cards to withdraw money from victims’ bank accounts by executing deposit slips for forged checks which also indicated a withdrawal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clark v. State

2. “purposive systematic arrangement between members of the group.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 652 So. 2d 877 - Brown v. State