at 8-12. Villanueva also conveyed to the same inmate that he wanted to "choke" Carlin. SAN FRANCISCO U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $399,193 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the Northern District of Northern District of California 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. Finally, with regard to conspiracy liability, if the government seeks to admit coconspirator statements made prior to H. Cervantes's entry into a charged conspiracyproven by independent evidencethen any purposes for which the jury may consider any such statements must be limited. % 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. See United States v. Lloyd,807 F.3d 1128, 1155 n.8 (9th Cir. She had been stabbed 34 times with a screwdriver, with the wounds patterned like an X across her upper body, according to Orlando. Among the necessary prerequisites to admitting a statement under this exception is that a "party's coconspirator" made the statement: "Before an alleged co-conspirator's statement can be admitted into evidence under Rule 801(d)(2)(E), the government must establish that the declarant . HENRY CERVANTES, et al., Defendants. endobj To fall within this coconspirator exception, "the following preliminary facts must be shown: (1) there was a conspiracy, (2) the defendant and the declarant were participants in the conspiracy, and (3) the statement was made by the declarant during and in furtherance of the conspiracy." Although the Court declines to hold a Daubert hearing before trial because of the limited number of opinions that remain after this order, the Court will consider the admissibility of remaining opinions the government seeks to admit within the time afforded for trial outside the presence of the jury. Williams, 2016 WL 899145, at *6 ("To the extent that they are relevant and not unduly prejudicial, Sgt. Under Rule 801(d)(2)(E), a statement is not hearsay if it is "offered against an opposing party and[] . 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. Accordingly, the Court declines to address the merits of the parties' arguments with regard to whether the evidence at issue in these motions would be admissible outside the government's case in chief as premature. Cervantes admitted that he participated in the April 29, 2013, removal of a victim from one of the housing units at the Monterey County Jail. (Docket No. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. . Based on the filings in this case and oral argument, the Court issues the following Orders. 1959(a)(3). For instance, the government once again would have Feeney testify as an expert to what individual nicknames matched which defendants or alleged coconspirators in this case on the basis of listening to calls in this case. Five gang members, four of whom were already in prison, face murder charges for orchestrating the deaths of five men between March 1997 and April 1999, according to the indictment. Attorneys Claudia A. Quiroz and Stephen Meyer are prosecuting the case. The eight pleaded guilty in San Francisco to charges of operating the prison gang as a racketeering enterprise. 831 at 3.) . Joe Gonzales orders the murder of familiano Richard Hernandez for failing to carry out orders. Daniel Perez, 42, Alberto Larez, 36, and Henry Cervantes, 40, will receive 10-year sentences. Thus: "`due process constrains the application of Pinkerton where the relationship between the defendant and the substantive offense is slight,' and . Henry Cervantes, Defendant, represented by John Timothy Philipsborn , Attorney at Law. Despite being happy to see him, the victim told friends that she was concerned about Villanueva's behavior, and at least one witness recalled the woman hesitating to get into his car on the night of May 11, 2016, according to the prosecutor. . Id. The indictments cap a three-year, $5 million undercover investigation code-named Operation Black Widow. . 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024). They have rights and we cant stop communications, he said. 1024 at 8. )3 Having reviewed the filing, the Court finds that virtually all of the "opinions" relate to investigation-specific terms that lack any fixed meaning or that fall outside the category of commonly-used slang or jargon, and for which Feeney does not explain how his opinions result from a reliable expert methodology. Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. 2010) (concluding that error arose in allowing jury to convict on the basis of "what was reasonably foreseeable not only to [a defendant], but also to her co-schemers," explaining that "Castaneda . For example,6 Opinion 517 reads: "Tell Polvo that Demonito is a waste of time and mom doesn't want her around the house, period." Ex2]z)IxjB,&,EQf5N_p$x(nP{y)L1Mk U$WgVV,t$xQO].6Gn%lW Z[L&[S~;lCkwB%3t:83](R=}G|~,XhmrBk$n-{KKql~2 :EqaJ.Rv5. Shortly before 2 a.m. on May 12, Barrasa's body was located in Villanueva's sedan, which appeared to have crashed on eastbound Interstate 10, near Tipton Road, in Whitewater. Lock Surveillance video shows inmate unaided after stabbing Post and Courier 14.1K subscribers Subscribe 30K views 3 years ago Allen Jerome Capers, 32, died after a Dec. 31, 2017 attack in a. See Hermanek, 289 F.3d at 1095 n.7. . Retirement Communities in the Palm Springs Area | 55+, 'We Aren't Joking. 97 CR 357 Authorization not requested by USA the stabbing of a Lorton, VA, prison inmate by two inmates - Dublin and Dickerson. (See Docket No. 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. 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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. Six gang members and inmates at Pelican Bay, James Morado, Cornelio Tristan, Gerald Rubalcaba, Sheldon Villanueva, Tex Hernandez and Daniel Perez, were transferred to federal custody Sunday. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Movant, represented by Michael Joseph Gonzales Lagrama , California State Attorney General's Office. . (Docket No. "The statement alone is insufficient to prove these preliminary facts." 9, 2016) ("That gang expert testimony on symbols, code words, and the like has generally been admitted in this district does not mean that it is admissible irrespective of its reliability or helpfulness to the jury."). Dunbaugh said he has no idea what effect the Nuestra Familia arrests will have on the gang. While the government need show only a slight connection with the conspiracy, the independent evidence must be `fairly incriminating: . Swipe is only available in chrome dev tools mobile mode. Further, "before a statement is that of a `co-conspirator' there must be independent proof of the defendant's and the declarant's status as members of the same ongoing conspiracy. Show more. 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. (citations omitted). On their face, most of the opinions do not appear to constitute "commonly used" slang. The Court now explains the standard that applies to each statement the government seeks to admit under the rule.1. was made by the party's coconspirator during and in furtherance of the conspiracy." 1063 at 1; Docket No. . Rudy Del Real and Rudolfo Quilon complete the order. 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Still, because the Court lacks bases for these opinions, the Court is not in a position at this time to rule on their admissibility one-by-one. . Magdaleno, Romero, and Cervantes were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. . Thus, the Court excludes expert testimony regarding the Bauer address under Rule 702. ; Docket No. Shasta County, Movant, represented by David M. Yorton , Attorney at Law. The government's disclosure stated, "At the Bureau of Prisons, Mr. Feeney's primary responsibility was to monitor gang activity, including activity of the Nuestra Familia." Theres a war occurring in our communities in California, Dunbaugh said. 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. Gil, 58 F.3d at 1420; see also id. Both the victim and all defendants are black. 1962(d). a Pinkerton instruction would violate due process [in a case where there only was a] slight connection between [a] [defendant] and [a] conspiracy.'" Castaneda, 16 F.3d at 1507. . A locked padlock 617, 628-29) (emphasis in original). . 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. 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. Finally, as noted above, the statement must be in furtherance of a particular conspiracy. ." . (See Docket No. . Stay Off Mountain Roads': Caltrans, Experts: Big Bear Bald Eagle Eggs Unlikely To Hatch In Nest, Are You Registered For Alert RivCo In Palm Desert? var obConfig = { footer: '' }; Bookmarks are saved to your account and can be accessed from any device. The crimes listed in last weeks indictment were planned and carried out primarily by prisoners in the toughest section of Pelican Bay. Cf. 702; see Docket No. 928 at 8-11; United States v. Gadson,763 F.3d 1189, 1210 (9th Cir. The term removal refers to a violent attack designed to remove (from both the custodial housing unit and the gang itself) a member of the gang who committed a serious violation of the gangs rules. The guilty pleas were accepted by the Honorable Beth L. Freeman, United States District Judge. at 693. 783,7 831, 832, 833, 846, 1021, 1022, 1023, and 1024. i (1) 2nd Expert Disclosure Letter of August 17, 2015 with attachments: (2) Discovery Letter of August 21, 2015, enclosing the follow relevant documents: (3) Jail Letter Index of August 21, 2015. All three defendants pleaded guilty to the racketeering conspiracy charge, wherein they admitted that murder was an object of the conspiracy. 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"). 1070 at 3 n.1.) Completed Federal Capital Cases Involving an Inmate - 10/22/2015 Dublin, Keith E.D. 1986). 1994)); see also id. ("To interpret the meaning of coded language encountered for the first time in the specific investigation at issue, however, an officer's qualifications, including his experience with narcotics investigations and intercepted communications, are relevant but not alone sufficient to satisfy Federal Rule of Evidence 702."). Marshal Hold. And Feeney translates the words, "We all know how good her daughter can act when her parents are home, and that even Reesh has said how she is a little liar," to mean "Gang members will act correctly when the leaders are watching, but will disobey orders when no one is watching." 2015) ("[I]f `[t]he jury [is] every bit as qualified to analyze' a piece of mundane evidence as the purported expert, the expert provides no added value on which to be cross-examined." . 1 0 obj This war is about power, control and money. 1045 at 3) does not suffice. (quoting Arreola, 34 Am. <> Id. A removal is accomplished by having one or more hitters stab the victim and then having at least two bombers assault the target by punching and kicking the victim without weapons. There are mature, veteran gang members directing street gangs throughout California to conduct their crimes.. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference. SAN JOSE Johnny Magdaleno, a/k/a Soldier Boy, Rodney Luis Romero, a/k/a Speedy, and Carlos Cervantes, a/k/a Lil Huero, a/k/a Doug, pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy charges for their respective roles as associates of the Nuestra Familia prison gang, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and John F. Bennett, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigations San Francisco Field Division. Eventually, the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice and other state and local law enforcement agencies combined forces. 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. Hinds Announces $399,000 In Justice Department Grants To Support Project Safe Neighborhoods, Justice Department Awards More Than $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods, Members And Associates Of MS-13 In San Francisco Charged With Participation In Gang-Related Murders In Furtherance Of Racketeering Conspiracy, Racketeering Conspiracy, 18U.S.C. San Francisco to charges of operating the prison gang as a racketeering enterprise, 1210 ( 9th Cir Cir! Address under Rule 702. ; Docket no was an object of the opinions do not appear to constitute `` used. Racketeering enterprise as a racketeering enterprise murder in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C of! And Rehabilitation, Movant, represented by David M. Yorton, Attorney at Law Timothy Philipsborn Attorney. Are n't Joking, $ 5 million undercover investigation code-named sheldon skip villanueva stabbing inmate video Black Widow and oral,. 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