U.S. v. CEDEÑO

Docket Nos. 09-1857-cr(L), 09-1908-cr(con), 09-1909-cr(con), 09-2096-cr(con).

644 F.3d 79 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge CEDEÑO, a/k/a Miguel, Angel Diaz, a/k/a Pete, Rafael Rodriguez, a/k/a Dance, Victor Diaz, a/k/a Gago, Defendants-Appellants, German Cuadrado, a/k/a Geraldo, Jorge Flores, Juan Camacho, Saile Parra, Plutarco Angulo-Aguirre, a/k/a Matatan, a/k/a Platano, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton W. Calhoun III , Calhoun & Lawrence, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Jorge Cedeño.

Michael A. Levy , Assistant United States Attorney ( Nola B. Heller , Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Preet Bharara , United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY for Appellee.

Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, and CALABRESI and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


CHIN, Circuit Judge:

In this case, defendant-appellant Jorge Cedeño was convicted of kidnapping, robbery, and related crimes. He was sentenced principally to 319 months' imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that the district court improperly limited cross-examination of a government witness at trial by barring his use of a state court's finding that the witness had given false testimony in a prior judicial proceeding. We...

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