U.S. v. ZELAYA

Nos. 16-4752, 16-4857, 16-4859, 17-4052.

908 F.3d 920 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel ZELAYA, a/k/a Most Wanted, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis Ordonez-Vega, a/k/a Big Boy, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Sosa, a/k/a Koki, a/k/a Loco, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Gavidia, a/k/a Duro, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Robinson Heroy , GOODMAN, CARR, LAUGHRUN, LEVINE & GREENE, Charlotte, North Carolina; Lisa S. Costner , LISA S. COSTNER, PA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Walter Hoytt Paramore, III , LAW OFFICES OF W.H. PARAMORE, III, Jacksonville, North Carolina; Aaron Edmund Michel , Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellants. William Michael Miller , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Dana O. Washington , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Judge King joined. Judge Floyd wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


Appellants Miguel Zelaya, Luis Ordonez-Vega, Jorge Sosa, and William Gavidia were each convicted of participating in a racketeering conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d). Zelaya, Ordonez-Vega, and Sosa were also convicted of committing violent crimes in aid...

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