18-2259-cr United States v. Rodriguez
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 22nd day of October, two thousand nineteen.
PRESENT: JON O. NEWMAN, JOSÉ A. CABRANES GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee, 18-2259-cr
v.
JONATHAN RODRIGUEZ, ALSO KNOWN AS BEBO,
Defendant-Appellant,
ANDREW ECHEVARRIA, ALSO KNOWN AS DREW, MARQUIS WRIGHT, ALSO KNOWN AS MARK, WALI BURGOS, ALSO KNOWN AS GUY FISHER, JASON BENJAMIN, ALSO KNOWN AS JC, JORDAN RIVERA, WILLIAM AMARIZAN, ALSO KNOWN AS WILL DOLLARS, ALSO KNOWN AS SPANISH WILL, RAHEEM AMARIZAN, ALSO KNOWN AS RAH RAH, TJON MACOLL, ALSO KNOWN AS TJ, COREY HEYWARD, JONATHAN HARRIS, ALSO KNOWN AS EGGY, WILLIAM KNOX, ALSO KNOWN AS MILLS GUNNA, COREY COOKS, DAQUAN MCBETH, ALSO KNOWN AS DAY DAY, JAHNOMI BENJAMIN, ALSO KNOWN AS JAMROC,
KEITH RUIZ, ALSO KNOWN AS KEEFY, RYAN VALENTIN, MIGUEL ROMERO, ALSO KNOWN AS MIKEY, KAYE ROSADO, ALSO KNOWN AS TRIPPA, NAQUANN SIMMONS, ALSO KNOWN AS YOUNG MONEY, DIQUINN LACEND, ALSO KNOWN AS NAUGHTY, WILFREDO RIVERA, ALSO KNOWN AS CITO, KENNETH JENKINS, VINCENT FIELDER, ALSO KNOWN AS DJ, MIA DENTICO, PAMELA BROWN,
Defendants.
FOR APPELLEE: MAX NICHOLAS (Karl Metzner, on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: MEGAN WOLFE BENETT, Joyce C. London, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief.
Appeal from a July 26, 2018 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Paul A. Engelmayer, Judge).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court be and hereby is AFFIRMED.
Defendant-Appellant Jonathan Rodriguez ("Rodriguez") appeals from a judgment sentencing him to the mandatory minimum term of 30 years' imprisonment following his guilty plea to: (1) knowingly using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence - namely, the murder of Brandon Howard ("Howard") in aid of racketeering - in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and (2) knowingly using and carrying firearms, some of which were discharged, during and in relation to a crime of violence - namely, his participation in a racketeering enterprise called "18 Park" - and during and in relation to a conspiracy to distribute narcotics, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i), (ii),