People v. Ponce

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

(June 25, 2015)

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant’s Motion for Judgment of Acquittal and accompanying Memorandum of Law in Support (“Motion”), filed February 6, 2015 and the People’s Brief in Opposition (“Opposition”), filed April 30, 2015. Defendant filed his Reply to the People’s Opposition on May 28, 2015.

Defendant presents several arguments by his Motion, as follows:

(A) Defendant was denied his right to trial by an impartial jury, in that (1) the jury was selected with the participation of former co-Defendant Edwin “Cepi” Rivera and his counsel, prior…