U.S. v. ZAMORA

Nos. 15-2193, -2762.

835 F.3d 684 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Felipe ZAMORA and Samuel Gutierrez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georgia N. Alexakis , Derek Owens , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee (Case No. 15-2193).

Peter W. Henderson , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant (Case No. 15-2193).

Matthew Javier Hernandez , Derek Owens , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee (Case No. 15-2762).

Susan M. Pavlow , Attorney, Law Office of Susan M. Pavlow, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant (Case No. 15-2762).

Before Posner, Easterbrook, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


In 2009 the defendants, Zamora and Gutierrez, high-ranking members of the Latin Kings street gang, were charged with a variety of federal crimes. Zamora pleaded guilty to participating in both a racketeering conspiracy and a conspiracy to extort money from "miqueros," who specialize in providing identification documents to...

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