United States v. Jose Araujo

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Jose Araujo, Rafael Hichez, a/k/a “Neno”, and Jorgita Rivera appeal from judgments of conviction entered in the Southern District of New York after a jury trial before Judge Cooper. Their principal claims of error are that the admission of evidence pertaining to prior criminal activities in which they were not involved deprived them of a fair trial, that certain comments made by the prosecutor and the court were prejudicial, and that the trial judge employed improper criteria in passing sentence. Finding these contentions to be without merit, we…