Legal Opinion
United States v. Gomez
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 24, 2002No. S3 99 CR. 1048(DC)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
On February 2, 2002, after a three-week trial, a jury in this case convicted defen dants Jaime Gomez and Thomas Marmole-jas on eight counts of murder, conspiracy, and drug-related offenses. The jury found that on May 26, 1998, Marmolejas drove Gomez and others to an apartment building in the Bronx, where Gomez shot and killed Johan (“El Profesor”) Pena-Perez and wounded Nilton (“Barbita”) Duran on behalf of the Reyes Heroin Organization.
The evidence of guilt was overwhélming. Gomez was arrested on the scene, after police officers confronted him in the apartment…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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