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U.S. v. GODWIN

No. 13-10184.

765 F.3d 1306 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maynard Kenneth GODWIN, a.k.a. KG, Eric Steven Ellis, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason P. Mehta , Bonnie Ames Glober , Jay Carl Taylor , U.S. Attorney's Office, Jacksonville, FL, David Paul Rhodes , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, Wifredo A. Ferrer , Anne Ruth Schultz , U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James A. Hernandez , Law Office of James A. Hernandez, Gerald Bettman , Christopher Alan Keese , Law Offices of Gerald S. Bettman, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and SILER, Circuit Judges.

ED CARNES, Chief Judge:

In a case of life imitating art imitating life, Maynard Kenneth Godwin was inspired by the fictional motorcycle gang in Sons of Anarchy, itself modeled on the real life Hells Angels, to form his own band of brigands called the Guardians. Under his leadership, the Guardians terrorized the citizens of Jacksonville, Florida, through a steady onslaught of home invasion robberies, armed bank robberies, and other crimes. Although not a full...

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