United States v. Roberto Valera

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Roberto Valera appeals his convictions and sentences for substantive and conspiracy violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. secs. 1962(c) and (d), and for violations of the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. secs. 1952 and 2, all deriving from drug smuggling operations. Valera alleges divers errors, including a) Brady, Giglio, and Jencks errors stemming from government failure to disclose certain documents; b) an impermissible variance between the 'indictment’s charge of a single RICO offense and a single RICO conspiracy and…