United States v. Delatorre

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

This is the fust opinion that this Court has issued in this challenging criminal case which is representative of the Department of Justice’s efforts to move serious street crimes into federal court. In a Second Superseding Indictment (“Indictment”), the Government charged sixteen defendants — all allegedly members of the Insane Deuce Nation Street Gang (“Insane Deuces”) — with a number of crimes. Count One alleges that each defendant conducted and participated in the conduct of the affairs of the Insane Deuces through a racketeering…