United States v. William Cordova

William Cordova, Jose Gutierrez, and Melvin Sorto appeal their convictions for conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, murder, assault, and federal and District of Columbia weapons offenses. They raise eight claims, four of which we address here; the others we address in a judgment issued contemporaneously with this opinion. Finding none of the challenges examined herein meritorious, we affirm as to these issues.

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Cordova, Gutierrez, and Sorto (collectively “Appellants”) belong to Mara Salva-trucha, an international criminal gang also known as MS-13. All three men are originally…