UNITED STATES v. ANTONIUS

No. 21-1083, 21-1409, 21-2082 August Term, 2022.

73 F.4th 82 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Steven ANTONIUS, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Shervington Lovell, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Argemiro Zapata-Castro, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Defendants-Appellants, v. Godofredo Leandro Gonzalez, Luis Rafael Febres Monasterio, Murvin Reigoud Maikel, Omar Torres, Moses Roopwah, Neredio-Julian Sucre, David Cardona-Cardona, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Jean-Claude Okongo Landji, Jibril Adamu, Youssouf Fofana, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill R. Shellow , Law Offices of Jill R. Shellow, White Plains, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Steven Antonius.

Ruth M. Liebesman , Ruth M. Liebesman , Attorney-at-Law, Fair Lawn, NJ, for Defendant-Appellant Shervington Lovell.

Peter J. Tomao , Law Office of Peter J. Tomao, Garden City, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Argemiro Zapata-Castro.

Elinor L. Tarlow , Assistant United States Attorney ( Matthew J.C. Hellman , Stephen J. Ritchin , Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Damian Williams , United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.

Before: Calabresi, Lynch, and Robinson, Circuit Judges.


Defendants-Appellants Steven Antonius, Shervington Lovell, and Argemiro Zapata-Castro ("Appellants") appeal their respective convictions, which were entered after each pled guilty to conspiring to violate the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA"). Appellants, along with other co-conspirators and undercover informants...

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