United States v. Ricardo Rubio-Garcia

Multiple evidentiary errors and instances of prosecutorial misconduct marred Ru-bio’s trial. Because I believe that the cumulative effect of these mistakes rendered the verdicts entirely unreliable, I would reverse both convictions and remand for a new trial,1

First, in my view, there can be no question that the conspiracy the Government sought to prove at trial varied from that with which Rubio was charged. The Grand Jury in this case returned an indictment charging thirty co-defendants, including Rubio, with participating in a single, wide-ranging conspiracy run by the Sendis-Ramirez…