U.S. v. CORDOVA

Nos. 11-3034, 11-3044.

806 F.3d 1085 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. William CORDOVA, also Known as Mario, also Known as Centinella, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Becker , Anthony D. Martin , and Mary E. Davis , all appointed by the court, argued the causes and filed the joint briefs for Appellants. Sherlock V. Grigsby , entered an appearance.

Lauren R. Bates , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for Appellee. With her on the brief were Ronald C. Machen Jr. , U.S. Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman , Elizabeth H. Danello , Gilberto Guerrero, Jr. , and Nihar Ranjan Mohanty , Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Before: TATEL, MILLETT, and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.


William Cordova, Jose Gutierrez, and Melvin Sorto appeal their convictions for conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, murder, assault, and federal and District of Columbia weapons offenses. They raise eight claims, four of which we address here; the others we address in a judgment issued contemporaneously with this opinion. Finding...

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