Harrison v. State

The instant charges alleging that the defendant conspired to engage in mortgage fraud designed to defraud various lending institutions involved different properties, co-conspirators and real estate transactions from the RICO crimes for which the defendant was convicted under another indictment.

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Paul Harrison appeals from the denial of his plea of double jeopardy. We affirm. Harrison was indicted on April 8, 2003 for alleged violations of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations Act RICO Indictment 03CR56010. This indictment alleged a scheme whereby Harrison, the owner of a real estate company, engaged in mortgage fraud designed to defraud various lending institutions. The first scheme took place between October 1, 2001 and May 8, 2002, and was centered around the law offices of co-defendant Barbara Renee Edwards Snead and involved fifteen other co-defendants and eight different properties. Harrison was convicted under Indictment 03CR56010, and sentenced to twenty years, sixteen to be served in prison and the remaining four on probation.

Several months later, Harrison was indicted again for violating the RICO Act by engaging in a similar mortgage fraud scheme Indictment 04CR57911 in the same county and by the same prosecuting attorneys. The second scheme allegedly took place between June 2, 2000 and May 29, 2003, and was centered around the law offices of William Lewis Vaughn and James W. Avant, and involved Vaughn, Avant, Harrison and four other co-defendants, none of whom were named as co-defendants in the earlier indictment. The properties listed in this indictment were also different, as were the lending institutions involved.

Harrison v. State

The instant charges alleging that the defendant conspired to engage in mortgage fraud designed to defraud various lending institutions involved different properties, co-conspirators and real estate transactions from the RICO crimes for which the defendant was convicted under another indictment.

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