United States Second Circuit

Convictions and sentences for various offenses, including narcotics trafficking, racketeering, and murder are affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in admitting one defendant's self-inculpatory out-of-court statements that also implicated another defendant; and 2) the district court abused its discretion in concluding that the methodology employed by the government's firearms identification expert met the reliability standard set forth in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/23/2007
• Published 10/23/2007

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:, Before:  NEWMAN, WALKER, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David A. Ruhnke, Ruhnke & Barrett, Montclair, NJ, for Elijah Williams., Richard B. Lind, New York, NY, for Michael Williams., David Stern, Rothman Schneider Soloway & Stern, LLP, New York, NY, for Xavier Williams., Helen V. Cantwell, Assistant United States Attorney (Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Glen G. McGorty and Robin L. Baker, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), New York, NY.