United States v. Thavaraja, No. 12-4330-cr (2d Cir. Jan. 23, 2014) (Walker, Livingston, and Chin), available here This summary was prepared by noted criminal defense attorney Francisco Celedonio, Esq., who is also a member of the Board of Directors of Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.: The government appealed a prison sentence of 108 months, … Read more
United States v. Hoke, No. 13-615-cr (2d Cir. Jan. 14, 2014) (Jacobs, Lohier, and Droney) (summary order), available here Hoke deposited into her own bank account a Social Security check made out to a third party. For that conduct, a jury convicted her of bank fraud and of passing a forged Treasury check. This summary order affirms … Read more
United States v. Moore, Nos. 12-1644-cr(L), 12-1654-cr(CON) (2d Cir. Jan. 17, 2014) (Jacobs, Lohier, and Droney) (summary order), available here Moore appealed his 120-month prison sentence for Hobbs Act robbery and related crimes. He argued that the district court committed plain error by upwardly departing from the Guidelines range without proper notice, in violation of Fed. … Read more
United States v. Hatala, No. 13-613-cr (2d Cir. Jan. 15, 2014) (Calabresi, Raggi, and Droney) (summary order), available here Convicted of fraud in connection with identification information, see 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(7), Hatala was sentenced to 30 months in prison. This summary order affirms the sentence as procedurally and substantively reasonable. First, the district court properly … Read more
United States v. Clark, No. 12-1221-cr (2d Cir. Jan. 17, 2014) (Newman, Winter, and Droney) (summary order), available here This summary order holds that the district court properly refused to suppress evidence found following a 911 call. (As discussed below, the Court issued a separate, published decision in this same case reversing one of Clark’s convictions … Read more
United States v. Clark, No. 12-1221-cr (2d Cir. Jan. 17, 2014) (Newman, Winter, and Droney), available here This published decision holds that the trial evidence was insufficient to support the defendant’s conviction for possession of cocaine. Judge Droney dissents. In response to a 911 call reporting that some men had just left a bar in … Read more
United States v. Kurti, No. 12-3503-cr (2d Cir. Jan. 16, 2014) (Winter, Straub, and Hall) (summary order), available here This summary was provided by noted criminal defense attorney Francisco Celedonio, who also serves on the Board of Directors of Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.: This summary order affirms a sentence imposed upon resentencing, after a seven-year … Read more
United States v. Shand, No. 13-227-cr (2d Cir. Jan. 13, 2014) (Pooler, Parker, and Wesley), available here This summary has been provided by noted criminal defense attorney Francisco Celedonio, who also serves on the Board of Directors of Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.: In this illegal reentry case under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2), … Read more
United States v. Vasquez Macias, No. 12-3908-cr (2d Cir. Jan. 14, 2014) (Pooler, Raggi, and Wesley), available here The defendant, a citizen of Honduras, was convicted after a jury trial of being “found in the United States” illegally after he was deported from the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C.§ 1326(a). The Circuit reversed the … Read more
United States v. Razzoli, No. 13-126(L) (2d Cir. Dec. 23, 2013) (Raggi, Chin, and Droney) (summary order), available here Convicted of willfully and forcibly interfering with the performance of duties of Deputy United States Marshals, the defendant appealed pro se. The Court rejected all eight of his arguments: First, the district court properly denied the defendant’s … Read more