or the fact of occurrences tied to Nuestra Familia. United States v. Osazuwa,564 F.3d 1169, 1176 (9th Cir. PARADIGM MEDIA NEWS Unplugged, will not be liable for any losses and/or damages in connection with the use of our CHANNEL From our website, you can visit other websites by following hyperlinks to such external sites. She had been stabbed 34 times with a screwdriver, with the wounds patterned like an X across her upper body, according to Orlando. The 25-count indictment was returned Thursday by a grand jury that had heard testimony during the past year. . Given the template the Court has outlined for resolving these matters, the Court does not believe that a separate hearing in advance of opening statements will be necessary and that these matters can be dealt with either before or after a trial day. The indictments cap a three-year, $5 million undercover investigation code-named Operation Black Widow. United States v. Mouzin,785 F.2d 682, 692 (9th Cir. PARADIGM NEWS MEDIA has obtained dozens of other phone calls by some of the other high ranking NF leaders in ADX and these exclusive phone calls will be forthcoming in the near future. Pursuant to the terms of their plea agreements, Magdaleno has agreed that a reasonable and appropriate disposition of his case would include a term of imprisonment of 30 years to run concurrently with sentences imposed in connection with a number of state court convictions; Romero has agreed that a reasonable and appropriate disposition of his case would include a term of imprisonment of 18 years; and Cervantes has agreed that a reasonable and appropriate disposition of his case would include a term of imprisonment of 10 years. Eventually the probe involved agents from the FBI, the state Department of Corrections and several local police agencies, working under the direction of the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco. xAlk75~]}JOQD1hZ|0I_(,5~[,==FsL$c56 Villanueva was immediately jailed and charged with Barrasa's murder. (quoting United States v. Hermanek,289 F.3d 1076, 1093 (9th Cir. The Enterprise consisted of members and associates of the Nuestra Familia prison gang as well as Norteo street gangs in Salinas, Calif., and the surrounding areas. 2007) ("Statements made for personal objectives outside the conspiracy or as part of idle conversation are not admissible under Rule 801(d)(2)(E). . Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism. 1045 at 5.) The proffered expert "translation" reads: "Call Ernest Killinger (aka Polvo/Powder) and tell him that Tobias Vigil (Demonito) is not fulfilling his obligations and is no good. 1024 at 8. Henry Cervantes, Vidal Fabela, David Rocha and Diana Vasquez were arrested at several locations across Northern California on Friday, Dunbaugh said. In both removals, bombers punched and kicked the victim to inflict the maximum damage possible and to allow the hitters to escape without being caught by guards with the stabbing weapons. . L. Rev. In Decoud, for instance, "the expert gave a lengthy explanation of how he interpreted `diznerty' based on his understanding of a common speaking style . 5dk*@WlLLOz(.CN8we3_/?:i}"(hG$ua +U4i. Second, A. Cervantes requests a hearing to determine the admissibility of individual opinions and Feeney's methodology and, in the alternative, moves to exclude proffered opinions from Feeney that the government in its numbered expert opinion filing characterizes as expert testimony under Rule 702, but which could not meet the requirements of that rule and Ninth Circuit case law on expert "translations.". Richie Michelson, Defendant, represented by Jeffry Mitchell Glenn , Berman & Glenn. Shortly after this phone call was recorded, Sanchez was arrested, indicted, convicted and sentenced to over 300 years for his involvement in running a criminal street crew and for allegedly ordering a kidnapping. Immediately after the victim was stabbed, three bombers began punching and kicking the victim to allow Magdaleno to escape being caught by guards with the stabbing weapon. ("In establishing liability for the conspiracy charge, the circuit courts generally find conspirator liability for acts committed by co-conspirators both prior to, as well as during the defendant's participation." . . at 1246 (quoting United States v. Castaneda,16 F.3d 1504, 1507 (9th Cir. United States v. Garcia,497 F.3d 964, 967 n.1 (9th Cir. See Hermanek, 289 F.3d at 1095 n.7. 1995). ("While the local rule and the scheduling orders required advance notice/summaries of coconspirator statements, the purpose of the rule and the orders was to allow for adequate time for the parties to litigate the admissibility of the statements."). Your donation will help us continue to cover COVID-19 and our other vital local news. He is not welcome in the prisons. 928 at 11. This Court previously identified multiple categories of "translation" opinion testimony, found that the government's initial disclosures as to Feeney's proffered opinions conflated expert and lay opinion testimony, and ordered the government to file Feeney's proffered expert opinions and lay opinions for purposes of meeting the Ninth Circuit's requirements for admitting each type of opinion in the context of police officer opinion testimony about coded jargon testimony. Magdaleno also admitted that he orchestrated and participated as the hitter in the February 25, 2013, removal of a victim from the jail. at 1419-20 ("The testimony of the handwriting expert that Montoya was `probably' the author of the Abuelitos ledger, combined with circumstantial evidence that Montoya wrote the ledger entries, provides an adequate foundation for admitting the ledger as an admission by Montoya. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. See Docket No. This was seven weeks before the first witness. Rudy Del Real and Rudolfo Quilon complete the order. That said, and based upon instructions from this Court, the government previously identified the core documents on which it intended to focus during trial, which contain the statements at issue. Romero admitted that he approved the February 25, 2013, removal of a victim from one of the housing units of the Monterey County Jail. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. The five gang members who will receive life sentences -- Gerald Rubalcaba, 49; James Morado, 49; Cornelio Tristan, 43; Joseph Raymond Hernandez, 54; and Tex Marin Hernandez, 49 -- were considered to be among the gang's highest-ranking officers. Villanueva is a high ranking member of the Nuestra Familia prison gang who is currently housed in Florence ADX. (See, e.g., Docket No. (quoting Arreola, 34 Am. Federal Courthouse In order to corroborate or refute this status, the litigants must know the identity of the declarant." Both the victim and all defendants are black. 783, 831, 832, 833, 846), and motions in limine filed by Andrew Cervantes ("A. Cervantes") (Docket Nos. at 8-12. . The government agrees that it may not elicit such opinions for its case-in-chief, resolving the matter as raised in this motion in limine. Swipe is only available in chrome dev tools mobile mode. "By getting the gang's top leadership to plead guilty and agree to go into federal custody and be spread to the four corners of the federal prison system, we have succeeded in getting them out of California and disrupted their ability to lead the gang," Gruel said. 2013, defendant Carlos Cervantes, aka "Lil Huero" and "Doug," stabbed and slashed the victim's head . U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, Conspirators admit their roles in violent crimes in Monterey County Jail to maintain gang discipline and punish transgressions of gang rules, Three Associates Of Nuestra Familia Prison Gang Plead Guilty To Federal RICO Conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. 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Second, the following opinions do not appear on their face to be based upon Feeney's investigation of this particular organization, but the government's August 2015 disclosure suggests that in fact they might be: Opinion Numbers 1; 2; 7; 8; 17; 18; 19; 32; 53; 58; 59; 72; 74; 76; 79; 82; 84; 86; 89; 92; 151; 184; 187; 188; 243; 259; 270; 278; 294; 438; 476; 485.5 Because of the information contained in the August 2015 disclosure, the Court also RESERVES ruling on these opinions. Men punished Monterey County Jail inmates for not following Nuestra Familia gang rules . Magdaleno admitted that he stabbed the victim in the chest and back over 20 times. at 693. "Of course, identification of the declarant will not, by itself, establish a proper foundation unless the identified declarant is a co-conspirator whose assertions were made in furtherance of and in the course of the conspiracy." Last month, the same jury convicted Villanueva of two counts of first- degree murder and found true a special circumstance allegation of taking multiple lives, making the defendant eligible for a death sentence. %PDF-1.7 The eight defendants will be dispersed to serve their terms in federal institutions outside California in an effort to break the back of a prison gang that has operated with impunity within the state prison system for years. Others who were convicted earlier in the probe include Luis "Roach" Aroche, the regional commander of the Nuestra Familia in San Francisco, and Sheldon "Skip" Villanueva, a captain of the gang in San Jose. "It remains to be seen ultimately whether this prosecution was warranted, " Breyer said. Further, to the extent the government argues that H. Cervantes's actions after his arrest demonstrate continued participation in the conspiracy, he seeks to exclude such evidence under Rule 403. 1991)). They are the two most powerful prison gangs in the state prison system, officials say. Within a week of her leaving, Villanueva went searching for the victim and arrived in the Inland Empire on May 7. In his motion in limine number 1, A. Cervantes seeks to exclude evidence of a prior conviction in 1999 "for racketeering, which included an admission of solicitation of murder as a racketeering act, in the Eastern District of California. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/StructParents 0>> Interpreting the facts and opining as to why individuals sent letters to Bauer fit into the latter category and identify a specific individual with a specific role. The Court ordered identification of each opinion sought to be admitted as expert or lay testimony, and the government once again takes the approach that each opinion constitutes expert testimony. The $5 million investigation turned up evidence that the Nuestra Familia dealt drugs, committed burglaries, robberies and murders and trafficked in illegal weapons. 4 0 obj . Pending before the Court are motions in limine and a motion to conduct hearings and issue preliminary rulings on certain categories of evidence, filed by Henry Cervantes ("H. Cervantes") (Docket Nos. at 1420 (noting evidence regarding the location of the ledgers, "entries [that] corresponded to surveilled activities," and attributions of deliveries to "a nickname associated with an established pseudonym for Gil"). (quoting United States v. Benson,941 F.2d 598, 605 (7th Cir. Romero admitted that he relayed the leaderships approval for the removals, which involved a hitter stabbing the April 29 victim in the head with a metal shank and a hitter stabbing the October 23 victim in the neck with a weapon made out of plexiglass. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Mac Fisher scheduled a sentencing hearing for Sept. 20 at the Riverside Hall of Justice. In sum, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART A. Cervantes's motion in limine number 4. The government's updated filing proffers five hundred seventy-six "coding" opinions. San Francisco, CA 94102, San Francisco: (415) 436-7200 Cervantes admitted that he was the hitter for the removal and stabbed the victim in the head. 985.) The Court already has held these types of opinions to be improper expert testimony. In addition, "[t]o establish that the declarant knowingly participated in a conspiracy, `the government cannot rely solely on the [alleged] co-conspirator statements themselves.'" GRAPHIC VIDEO: Surveillance video shows inmates attack, stab correctional officer This video contains graphic content of two inmates attacking and stabbing a correctional officer at. California Highway Patrol officers encountered Villanueva a quarter- mile west of the scene, walking in the freeway center median. . Felon Who Allegedly Fled, Fought With Deputies Arraigned, Data Breach At College Of The Desert Made Public, Kiss Plans Coachella Valley Stop On Final Leg Of Farewell Concert Tour, Palm Springs Area Flooding Leads To Multiple Road Closures Amid Storm, Contour Dermatology Beau-Tea-ful Day of Beauty Benefitting Palm Springs Animal Shelter, Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival 2023: Palm Desert, 'Rigs At The Ranch' 2023: Vail Headquarters, Temecula, Annual Wine Festival & Chocolate Decadence 2023: Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, Former Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo: Desert Town Hall 2023, Indian Wells, T-Mobile Tuesdays: Fresh Perks Every Week. See, e.g., United States v. Moran,493 F.3d 1002, 1010 (9th Cir. "); United States v. Segura-Gallegos,41 F.3d 1266, 1272 (9th Cir. In motion in limine number 2, A. Cervantes seeks to exclude evidence of a variety of incidents that occurred before 2004. This proffered translation falls squarely within the rubric of one constituting "lay opinions about the meaning of intercepted phone calls, . However, `statements made to keep coconspirators abreast of an ongoing conspiracy's activities satisfy the `in furtherance' of requirement.'" Eventually, the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice and other state and local law enforcement agencies combined forces. Two of them, Rico Smiley Garcia, a gang member from Windsor and his alleged accomplice, Ceasar Lobo Ramirez, were charged with a 1998 assassination of gang leader Michael Mikeo Castillo. 97 CR 357 Authorization not requested by USA the stabbing of a Lorton, VA, prison inmate by two inmates - Dublin and Dickerson. knowingly participated in a conspiracy." (quoting Robert R. Arreola et al., Federal Criminal Conspiracy, 34 Am.Crim.L.Rev. <>/OutputIntents[<>] /Metadata 340 0 R/ViewerPreferences 341 0 R>> Rather, the government "must produce some independent evidence which, viewed in light of the coconspirator statements, establishes the requisite connection between the accused and the conspiracy. See United States v. Gee,695 F.2d 1165, 1169 (9th Cir. Id. Voices for Children CASA Volunteer Information Session! Rather, they appear to be terms the meaning for which Feeney seeks to discern from his investigation of the Nuestra Familia organization itself, and this case, in particular. 2002)); see also United States v. Williams, 2016 WL 899145, at *8 (N.D. Cal. Some of the predicate offenses were committed by members of Nuestra Raza. 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