985.) USA, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph Michelangelo Alioto, Jr. , U.S. Department of Justice, Jennifer R. Sykes , Department of Justice, Robert Steven Tully , U.S. Dept of Justice, Wai Shun Wilson Leung , United States Attorney's Office & William Frentzen , U.S. Attorney's Office, NDCA. "); United States v. Segura-Gallegos,41 F.3d 1266, 1272 (9th Cir. (See Docket No. 2007)). Theres a war occurring in our communities in California, Dunbaugh said. . "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. 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? 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. (quoting United States v. Benson,941 F.2d 598, 605 (7th Cir. 1021 at 1.) Crim. Thus, the government must show that it is more likely than not that the declarant was a co-conspirator. Accordingly, the Court will consider particularized objections and arguments for jury instructions, but H. Cervantes has not yet provided either for purposes of considering whether to exclude any evidence pursuant to this motion. 450 Golden Gate Avenue Richie Michelson, Defendant, represented by Jeffry Mitchell Glenn , Berman & Glenn. 2008). SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) Police Chief Mike Dunbaugh likens the recent arrests of 13 Nuestra Familia gang members, including six Pelican Bay State Prison inmates, to cutting the head off a poisonous snake.. An official website of the United States government. Id. at 2.) She had been stabbed 34 times with a screwdriver, with the wounds patterned like an X across her upper body, according to Orlando. e. On September 27, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted Magdaleno, Romero, Cervantes, and several other defendants with racketeering conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Fed. % United States v. Bridgeforth,441 F.3d 864, 869 (9th Cir. /sNZ<7m'QP`JN@\1k2#!Q7mt/vC|LB)]@%fJ@H=NqYrG%g#OnK"J0Ac87\Ip&'q`6HOM!0V \/ Please be sure to check the Privacy Policies of these sites as well as their Terms of Service before engaging in any business or uploading any information. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Magdaleno acknowledged that immediately after the victim was stabbed, two bombers began punching and kicking the victim to allow Magdaleno to escape being caught by guards with the stabbing weapon. However, any sentence will be imposed by the court only after consideration of the U.S. Under Rule 801(d)(2)(E), a statement is not hearsay if it is "offered against an opposing party and[] . 1024 at 4 (some quotation marks omitted).) 1022 at 1-2.) 702; see Docket No. United States v. Mouzin,785 F.2d 682, 692 (9th Cir. Id. (Docket No. Some of the predicate offenses were committed by members of Nuestra Raza. She had been. var obConfig = { footer: '' }; Bookmarks are saved to your account and can be accessed from any device. (See id. Any use of information, images and other copyrighted material from this channel without permission from PARADIGMMEDIA.com will be followed up and reported. Eventually, the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice and other state and local law enforcement agencies combined forces. Judge Freeman scheduled the sentencing hearing for Cervantes for May 19, 2020; and the sentencing hearings for Magdaleno and Romero for June 23, 2020. Arrested on 09/14/05 for an alleged court offense . The Court already has held these types of opinions to be improper expert testimony. at 1246 (quoting United States v. Castaneda,16 F.3d 1504, 1507 (9th Cir. Williams, 2016 WL 899145, at *6 ("To the extent that they are relevant and not unduly prejudicial, Sgt. (Id.) Peggy attempts to instigate this conflict for her own personal reasons but Villanueva seems to recognize this. They were so successful in persuading gang members to give evidence against their colleagues that had the case gone to trial, the government was prepared to have 24 former gang members and associates testify as prosecution witnesses. N.D. Cal. But the Santa Rosa police chief warned Monday the snake already is growing another head, and that the state is unequipped to deal with it. <> See Gadson, 763 F.3d at 1210 (describing testimony about a nickname as "investigation-specific opinion testimony . endobj 5dk*@WlLLOz(.CN8we3_/?:i}"(hG$ua +U4i. Dunbaugh said he has no idea what effect the Nuestra Familia arrests will have on the gang. Jackson may give his opinions regarding common slang."). SAN FRANCISCO / 8 plead guilty to charges of racketeering / 7-year investigation of Nuestra Familia prison gang ends, Restaurant chain slated to close site at Bay Area mall, Graupel falls on Disneyland, shocks guests, Grapevine closed indefinitely due to heavy snow and ice, Plan to bring bullet train from LA to Vegas is underway, What it looks like inside Coit Towers former apartment, Horoscope for Thursday, 3/02/23 by Christopher Renstrom, Hundreds of thousands of workers have abandoned downtown SF, Avalanche slams into Tahoe apartment building amid blizzard, Tahoe's snowfall totals are on track to break records, One of the largest movie theaters in SF to close permanently, Popular yet divisive fast food chain coming to this Bay Area town, 'Zero visibility' conditions: All roads to Tahoe are closed. 833 at 4.) Alberto Larez, Defendant, represented by Brian H. Getz , Law Offices of Brian H Getz. 928 at 11. See Sheldon 's Criminal Record. These links to other websites do not imply a recommendation for all the content found on these sites. Thus, the Court excludes expert testimony regarding the Bauer address under Rule 702. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. 2006). Deputy District Attorney Anthony Orlando said the defendant and Barrasa lived together at the property over the ensuing six months, and during that time, Villanueva became abusive, inflicting injuries to the victim's arms and legs and cutting away some of her hair. It does not indicate whichif anywords in that call constitute commonly used slang or jargon, which words were newly heard by Feeney in this investigation, and, for the latter, what particular methodology he applied to translate each particular "coded" word. United States v. Garcia,497 F.3d 964, 967 n.1 (9th Cir. 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. . Lock Cr. Magdaleno also admitted that he orchestrated and participated as the hitter in the February 25, 2013, removal of a victim from the jail. There are mature, veteran gang members directing street gangs throughout California to conduct their crimes.. 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. 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. (citations omitted). 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. Local R. 16-1(c)(4); see also United States v. Cerna, 2011 WL 2119304, at *5 (N.D. Cal. 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." . . 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. 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. 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. According to prosecutors, the 6-foot, 2-inch, 300-pound defendant had been in a relationship with Barrasa in the late 1990s, and in the fall of 2015, he persuaded her to join him at his brother's residence in Salida, Northern California. . 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. (quoting Robert R. Arreola et al., Federal Criminal Conspiracy, 34 Am.Crim.L.Rev. . 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. 831 at 3.) The convictions are the culmination of an investigation that began in 1997 after investigators in Santa Rosa developed new leads into the gang. 985 at 37, Opinion Number 546.) These are proper subjects for lay opinion testimony, see FED. . No claims to the accuracy of this information are made. All the information pertaining to this VIDEO is published in good faith and for general information purpose only. They have rights and we cant stop communications, he said. United States District Court, N.D. California. 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."). Nuestra Familia gang leaders are accused of ordering and carrying out a campaign of intimidation, assaults and killings to control a crime syndicate and drug distribution empire that authorities say reaches as far south as Bakersfield. 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. Thus: "`due process constrains the application of Pinkerton where the relationship between the defendant and the substantive offense is slight,' and . The undersigned similarly instructed the jury at the end of the case that the fact that a defendant was incarcerated necessarily meant he could not have been present at the scene of the crime."). Finally, all of the remaining opinionsnot identified in the two paragraphs aboveare investigatory, or otherwise could not satisfy Rule 702's requirements because no translation is given or a given translation is the same as the phrase supposedly in code. Cf. 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. To the extent the government seeks to admit evidence that A. Cervantes and Sheldon Villanueva sent letters to an individual named "Karen Bauer," and the government seeks to admit as expert testimony that they were using Bauer's address as an intermediary, the government fails to explain how "the expert's scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue." To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. 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. Sponsored Content. United States v. Liera,585 F.3d 1237, 1245 (9th Cir. 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." Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Norteo gang members pledge their allegiance and loyalty to Nuestra Familia and are instructed on its rules, rituals, and obligations. . Magdaleno, Romero, and Cervantes were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. In motion in limine number 2, A. Cervantes seeks to exclude evidence of a variety of incidents that occurred before 2004. Its about drugs, crime and victimization.. The Court now explains the standard that applies to each statement the government seeks to admit under the rule.1. 3553. All six lived in the Secure Housing Unit, a prison within a prison at Pelican Bay, and all were eligible for parole. 4 0 obj subject to the requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 701," Vera, 770 F.3d at 1242; see also Gadson, 763 F.3d at 1210. . Compare Vera, 770 F.3d at 1241 ("Officers may testify about their interpretations of `commonly used drug jargon' based solely on their training and experience.") Also, previously, this Court excluded "opinions identifying specific individuals holding positions in Nuestra Familia . Barrasa left the property at the end of April 2016, heading to Fontana to stay with a friend. Voices for Children CASA Volunteer Information Session! established that vicarious liability must be predicated on acts that were reasonably foreseeable to the defendant."). . See Hermanek, 289 F.3d at 1095 n.7. Consent By using our Channel you hereby consent to our disclaimer and agree to its terms. 1045 at 4-5.) 1063 at 1; Docket No. While the government need show only a slight connection with the conspiracy, the independent evidence must be `fairly incriminating: . 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 government's exhibit list is understandably comprehensive and the defense's objections in this regard are DENIED. They are the two most powerful prison gangs in the state prison system, officials say. 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. The guilty pleas were accepted by the Honorable Beth L. Freeman, United States District Judge. It's their reputation at stake." The Court addressed the law relative to this issue previously. The Court also recognizes the general premise that "a defendant cannot be held criminally liable for substantive offenses committed by others involved in the conspiracy before joining it or after ending participation in the conspiracy.'" 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. Cervantes also admitted that he was a bomber in the February 25, 2013, removal of a victim, and that he punched and kicked the victim to inflict the maximum damage possible and to allow the hitter to escape. Parry said its impossible to monitor every single letter, phone call and visit of every single inmate. 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.". Leagle.com reserves the right to edit or remove comments but is under no obligation to do so, or to explain individual moderation decisions. 2013, defendant Carlos Cervantes, aka "Lil Huero" and "Doug," stabbed and slashed the victim's head . "The statement alone is insufficient to prove these preliminary facts." Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism. 2006) (footnote omitted); see United States v. Gil,58 F.3d 1414, 1420 (9th Cir. . 1045 at 5.) 928 at 15.) 985, Opinion 320 ("Karen Bauer is intermediary for letters t/from Cervantes and Villanueva. It has to be done with law enforcement coming together throughout California.. 1991)). (See Docket No. The government's updated filing proffers five hundred seventy-six "coding" opinions. 985 at 3; Docket No. 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. "And by convicting 70 Nuestra Familia street members who were active in Northern California communities, we have rolled back the gang's operations on the streets.". 832 at 1-2.) California Highway Patrol officers encountered Villanueva a quarter- mile west of the scene, walking in the freeway center median. 1995). Romero admitted that he approved the February 25, 2013, removal of a victim from one of the housing units of the Monterey County Jail. R. EVID. This is just one investigation. d. All statements made by Andrew Cervantes, Sheldon Villanueva, Alberto Larez, Henry Cervantes, Fernando Rangel and others in jail calls, itemized, transcribed and produced to you, as de-coded by John Feeney. As with H. Cervantes's motion in limine number 3, the Court GRANTS this motion to the extent the Court will entertain specific requests for pertinent jury instructions, and otherwise DENIES it as overly broad WITHOUT PREJUDICE to objections particularized to acts or statements the defense seeks to exclude. The eight pleaded guilty in San Francisco to charges of operating the prison gang as a racketeering enterprise. Perez will not begin serving his sentence until he has completed a separate six-year state prison. 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. (Docket No. Sanchez is living at the home with Peggy and is in a relationship with her daughter Coco. "It remains to be seen ultimately whether this prosecution was warranted, " Breyer said. This order terminates Docket Nos. 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. 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. Attorneys Claudia A. Quiroz and Stephen Meyer are prosecuting the case. Parry said Monday that changes in Corrections Department policy would be made, but he refused to provide details. . The prosecutor said that on the afternoon of Sept. 17, 2016, Villanueva knotted a bed sheet and used it to strangle the victim, trying to make it appear as though the senior had hung himself while sitting on the bedside commode. Further, basic statements of law stemming from Pinkerton v. United States,328 U.S. 640 (1946) are not in dispute. 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. Henry Cervantes, Vidal Fabela, David Rocha and Diana Vasquez were arrested at several locations across Northern California on Friday, Dunbaugh said. was made by the party's coconspirator during and in furtherance of the conspiracy." See United States v. Gee,695 F.2d 1165, 1169 (9th Cir. Official websites use .gov Id. However, the Court also recognizes that the conspiracy alleged is much broader than the defendants would like to admit. The $5 million investigation turned up evidence that the Nuestra Familia dealt drugs, committed burglaries, robberies and murders and trafficked in illegal weapons. 1045 at 5.) (See Docket No. A locked padlock H. Cervantes seeks to exclude any evidence regarding actions on any date after H. Cervantes's arrest in September 2011, or to provide limiting instructions on the purpose for which the jury may consider such evidence. H. Cervantes moves for a ruling "that both the nature of a conspiracy, and the timing of an individual's joining of a conspiracy, must be considered in deciding what a conspirator is allegedly liable for under the conspirator liability rules." Andrew F. Cervantes, Defendant, represented by K. Alexandra McClure , Law Offices of Alexandra McClure. Have him hit, stabbed, killed." The question to be addressed during the discussion of the instructions is the extent to which any argument can be made that only a "slight connection" existed amongst the alleged conspirators. "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." Scores of other members and associates have pleaded guilty to charges arising from the investigation. Jurors deliberated just over three days before unanimously recommending that 42-year-old Rigoberto Villanueva of Fontana receive capital punishment for the 2016 killings of Rosemary Barrasa, 37, and Tom Carlin. If they comply with their plea agreements, the additional charges will be dismissed at sentencing. Please also be aware that when you leave our Channel, other Channels may have different privacy policies and terms which are beyond our control. Villanueva was immediately jailed and charged with Barrasa's murder. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Movant, represented by Michael Joseph Gonzales Lagrama , California State Attorney General's Office. Some gang members even ended up testifying against themselves. This was seven weeks before the first witness. In accepting the guilty pleas Monday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said he hoped that scattering the top leadership would help shut the organization down. PARADIGM MEDIA NEWS Channel is in compliance with 17 U.S.C and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (\"DMCA\") and other applicable intellectual property laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Court ordered the government to file versions of documents with the specific statements the government intends to admit under the rule highlighted no later than April 15, 2016. Site owners and content may change without notice and may occur before we have the opportunity to remove a link which may have gone bad. . endobj Fed. (See, e.g., Docket No. 1959(a)(5), and conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Gang rules and discipline are maintained by assaulting and threatening those individuals who violate the rules or pose a threat to the organization. "However, Barrasa seemed happy after talking with the defendant.". 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. 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