United States v. Delatorre

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

RUBEN CASTILLO, District Judge.

Presently before this Court are the defendants’ motions for a new trial, or alternatively an evidentiary hearing, based on alleged juror misconduct. For the reasons stated herein, the motions are denied.

BACKGROUND

In this long-running case, the government charged sixteen defendants — all alleged members of the Insane Deuce Nation Street Gang (“Insane Deuces”) — with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), committing various violent crimes in aid of the racketeering activity, and drug trafficking. One…