United States v. Keith Bernard Crenshaw, United States of America v. Kamil Hakeem Johnson, United States of America v. Timothy Kevin McGruder

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Keith Crenshaw, Timothy McGruder, and Kamil Johnson were convicted of murder in aid of racketeering and sentenced to imprisonment for life without release. They appeal their convictions, arguing that the evidence against them, which consisted mostly of the testimony of their gang leader, his relatives, and the defendants’ putative get-away driver, was insufficient to support their convictions. They also contend that the statute under which they were convicted, 18 U.S.C. § 1959 (2000), is unconstitutional because it overreaches Congress’s power under the Commerce…