United States Second Circuit

In a prosecution of two individuals in connection with their membership in a narcotics trafficking ring, convictions and sentences are affirmed against numerous contentions, including: 1) as to one defendant, that a) at least one juror slept during parts of the trial, depriving the defendant of due process, b) the district court violated the Court Interpreters Act, c) the district court erred in applying sentencing enhancements, and d) the government had engaged in prosecutorial misconduct during its summation; and 2) as to the other defendant, the sentence was both procedurally and substantively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/17/2012
• Published 05/17/2012

Judges

• Jose A. Cabranes

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald DuBoulay, Anthony M. Capozzolo