United States v. Joseph Maria Andrade, United States of America v. Benjamin Calvin Riley

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Andrade and Benjamin Riley appeal from a final judgment entered in the district court 1 in accordance with a jury verdict finding them guilty of mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343 and 371 (1982). For reversal, Andrade and Riley argue that: 1) they were denied certain constitutional rights by the government’s use of peremptory challenges to exclude black prospective jurors from the jury panel; 2) there was insufficient evidence to convict them of the crimes they were charged with; and 3) the district court erred in denying…