Summary
concluding the trial judge's careful and thoughtful consideration of a jury's potential bias revealed through a note sent to the judge during trial resulted in a "reasonable and appropriately measured" response
Summary of this case from United States v. TuckerOpinion
17-1432 17-1551 17-1681 18-1184 18-1496
06-30-2021
UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. IDALIA MALDONADO-PEÑA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. JUAN RIVERA-GEORGE, a/k/a TIO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. SUANETTE RAMOS-GONZALEZ, a/k/a SUEI, a/k/a SUANETTE GONZALEZ-RAMOS, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. CARLOS RIVERA-ALEJANDRO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. JOEL RIVERA-ALEJANDRO, a/k/a "J", Defendant, Appellant.
Mariángela Tirado-Vales for appellant Idalia Maldonado-Peña. José R. Olmo-Rodriguez for appellant Juan Rivera-George. Raymond L. Sanchez Maceira for appellant Suanette Ramos-Gonzalez. Rachel Brill for appellant Carlos Rivera-Alejandro. Rafael F. Castro Lang for appellant Joel Rivera-Alejandro. Daniel N. Lerman, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, with whom W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, Mariana Bauza, Assistant United States Attorney, Brian A. Benczkowski, Assistant Attorney General, and John P. Cronan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellee.