United States v. Pedro Nelson Rondon and Nelson Emmanuel Rondon-Trinidad

This appeal requires us to consider the effect of an attorney’s disbarment by state authorities during a defendant’s federal trial. Defendants Pedro Nelson Rondon (“Rondon”) and Emmanuel Rondon-Trini-dad (“Rondon-Trinidad”), two brothers, appeal from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John E. Sprizzo, Judge), convicting them, following a jury trial, of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and sentencing them principally to 169 months and 151 months of imprisonment, respectively. Although defendants raise…