UNITED STATES v. HERNANDEZ

No. 20-3480.

37 F.4th 1316 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose F. HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart D. Fullerton , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, Colleen McNichols Ramais , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Kanne, Brennan, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


Jose Hernandez pled guilty to a RICO conspiracy charge stemming from his more than three decades of involvement with a violent gang, the Almighty Latin Kings Nation. Like many defendants during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hernandez underwent sentencing by video. In the end, he received 175 months' imprisonment, slightly more than...

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