United States v. Cornejo-Sandoval

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Hilario Cornejo-Sandoval appeals his conviction, alleging violations of his procedural and substantive due process rights. Specifically, Defendant contends the district court erred by (1) failing to order a second competency hearing during trial based on Defendant’s unusual behavior, and (2) allowing him to be tried and convicted while incompetent. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

I

In late 2005, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement opened an investigation based on information provided by Barbaro Veloz, a/k/a “El Pequeño” (“The…