U.S. v. STINSON

Nos. 07-50408, 07-50409

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN WILLIAM STINSON, aka; Seal C; Youngster; The Youngest, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT LEE GRIFFIN, aka Seal E, Blinky, McGrif, McGriff, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Potter, Esq. , Pasadena, California, for appellant Stinson.

Joseph F. Walsh, Esq. , Los Angeles, California, for appellant Griffin.

Shannon P. Ryan , Anne M. Voigts , Stephen G. Wolfe , Assistant United States Attorneys, Los Angeles, California, for the appellee.

Opinion by Judge Rymer.


OPINION

RYMER, Circuit Judge.

John Stinson and Robert Griffin appeal their convictions for RICO conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), for operating the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) prison gang. Stinson also appeals his conviction for violent crime in aid of racketeering (VICAR), 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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The AB started in 1964 as a group of white prison inmates who asserted...

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