U.S. v. PRADO

Nos. 13-2894-cr (L), 13-3877-cr (Con), 14-115-cr (Con), 14-143-cr (Con).

815 F.3d 93 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Giovanni PRADO, aka Joker, Erick Alvarado, aka Gato Seco, Elenilson Ortiz, aka Shorty, Efrain Zuniga, aka Panico, Diego Ninos, aka Veneno, aka Mico, Sergio Mejia-Barrera, aka Pelon, Emilio Saballos, aka Caballo, Walter Flores-Reyes, aka Scrappy, aka Walter Reyes, David Valle, aka Oreo, Louis Ruiz, aka Chucky, aka Luis Ruiz, Francisco Ramos, aka Cruiser, Cesar Landaverde, aka Flaco, aka Rebelde, Roger Alvarado, aka Michichi, Carlos Martinez, aka Carlito, Jose Gustavo Orellana-Torres, aka Diablito, aka Gustavo Jefferson Orellana Torres, Jimmy Sosa, aka Junior, Jeremias Exequiel Amaya, aka Payaso, Jose Salazar Erazo, aka Jose Salazar Erzao, Franklin Villatoro, aka Monstro, Wilber Ayala-Ardon, aka Pajaro, aka Piolin, Yobany Calderon, aka Tego, Adalberto Ariel Guzman, aka Gringo, Rene Mendez Mejia, aka Zorro, Yonis Acosta-Yanes, aka Brujita, Defendants, Vidal Espinal, aka Demente, Mario Alphonso Herrera-Umanzor, aka Perdido, aka Mario Umanzor, Heriberto Martinez, aka Boxer, Carlos Ortega, aka Silencio, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Soloway , Rothman, Schneider, Soloway & Stern, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Mario Alphonso Herrera-Umanzor.

John Frederick Carman , Garden City, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Vidal Espinal.

Randall D. Unger , Bayside, NY ( Elizabeth E. Macedonio , New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant Heriberto Martinez.

Elizabeth M. Johnson ( Ira D. London and Avrom Robin on the brief), Law Offices of London & Robin, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Carlos Ortega.

John J. Durham , Assistant United States Attorney ( Carrie N. Capwell , Peter A. Norling , and Raymond A. Tierney , Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Kelly T. Currie , Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee.

Before: CALABRESI, POOLER, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns the jury instructions given with respect to Count 21 of the indictment, which charged defendants-appellants Heriberto Martinez, aka Boxer, and Carlos Ortega, aka Silencio, with aiding and abetting a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), using or carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence or...

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