13-3979-cr(L) United States v. Sanchez & Pagan
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT'S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION "SUMMARY ORDER"). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.
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 2nd day of September, two thousand fifteen.
PRESENT: GUIDO CALABRESI, REENA RAGGI, RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. Nos. 13-3979-cr(L) 13-4859-cr(con) CHRISTIAN SANCHEZ, AKA King Chi Chi, WILSON PAGAN, AKA King Gunz, Defendants-Appellants,
PEDRO HERRERA, AKA King Aventura, ROGELIO RAMOS, AKA King Bogelio, FERNANDO MERLO, AKA King Dinero, ARMANDO SANCHEZ, AKA King Malo, AKA King Mondo, JASON CARABALLO, AKA King Loco, OSMAN NUNEZ, AKA King Ozzy, HUMBERTO MORALES, AKA King Papo, STEVEN LEWIS, AKA King Scoobz, CARLOS ROMERO, AKA King Los, WILFREDO SANCHEZ, AKA King Frito, FELIX LAGARES, AKA King Bavage, KELVIN LAGARES, AKA King Haze, JUAN RIOS, AKA King Juan, ANDREW SANCHEZ, AKA Animal, WILFREDO
NIEVES, AKA Jo Jo, NOEL VELEZ, LUIS TAMBITO, AKA King Luch, CHRISTOPHER MCNAIR, AKA King Speedy, WILLIAM OVERTON, AKA King TuTu, TOMAS JIMENEZ, AKA King Tunes, RICARDO RAMOS, AKA Carlito, NICHOLAS COLON, AKA King Tragedy, CARLOS ORTIZ, AKA King Tone, DAMON SINCLAIR, AKA King Dash, ANGELO DELEON, AKA King Truth, DEVON SMITH, AKA King Bullethead, EDNA REYES, AKA Queen Anita, RANDY ANGULO, AKA King Randy, LEO AUSTIN, AKA King Pumba, NELSON CALDERON, AKA King Murder, EVA CARDOZA, JOSE LAGOS, AKA King Gordo, Defendants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- APPEARING FOR APPELLANTS: MARSHA R. TAUBENHAUS, Law Offices of Marsha R. Taubenhaus, New York, New York, for Christian Sanchez.
ROBERT JOSEPH BOYLE, ESQ., New York, New York, for Wilson Pagan.
APPEARING FOR APPELLEE: BENJAMIN ALLEE (Brian A. Jacobs, on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York.
Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District
of New York (Cathy Seibel, Judge).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED,
AND DECREED that the judgments entered on October 18, 2013, (as to Christian
Sanchez) and December 20, 2013, (as to Wilson Pagan) are AFFIRMED.
Defendants Wilson Pagan and Christian Sanchez, two former heads of the
Newburgh, New York, chapter of the "Latin Kings" gang, stand convicted after trial of 14
counts and 19 counts, respectively, relating to racketeering, violent acts in aid of
racketeering, firearms, and narcotics.1 Pagan was sentenced principally to life plus 85