UNITED STATES v. DURAN-GOMEZ

No. 20-20147.

984 F.3d 366 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wilmar Rene DURAN-GOMEZ, also known as El Gordo, also known as Junior, also known as Oscar, also known as Carnalito, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed December 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason B. Smith , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Neal Davis, III, Esq. , Houston, TX, Cullen Macbeth , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Greenbelt, MD, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Barksdale, Elrod, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


In July 2010, Wilmar Duran-Gomez was indicted on capital charges stemming from a 2006 double homicide in southern Texas. Over the subsequent years, Duran-Gomez moved to continue his trial on numerous occasions and never objected to his co-defendants' or the government...

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