U.S. v. RODRIGUEZ

Nos. 08-50479, 08-50483, 08-50485, 12-50121, 12-50132.

754 F.3d 1122 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar RODRIGUEZ, aka Lonely, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Murillo, aka Yogi, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro Mujica, aka Slow, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar Rodriguez, aka Lonely, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Murillo, aka Yogi, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verna Wefald (argued), Pasadena, CA, for Defendant-Appellant Oscar Rodriguez.

Michael J. Treman , Santa Barbara, CA, for Defendant-Appellant Jose Murillo.

Ethan A. Balogh (argued) and Jay A. Nelson , Coleman & Balogh LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant Alejandro Mujica.

André Birotte, Jr. , United States Attorney, Robert E. Dugdale , Chief Assistant United States Attorney, Antoine F. Raphael (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Riverside, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and IVAN L.R. LEMELLE, District Judge.


OPINION

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Oscar Rodriguez (Rodriguez), Jose Murillo (Murillo), and Alejandro Mujica (Mujica) challenge their convictions for conspiracy to commit murder and first degree murder stemming from the stabbing of a prison inmate, Peter Scopazzi (Scopazzi) at the United States Penitentiary at Victorville, California. Appellants contend that the district court abused its discretion in...

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