Publication Date: 2023-11-06
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Jordan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Berman, Michele A. Smith, Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia, Hackensack, NJ; Thomas C. Egan, III, Norristown, PA; Susan M. Lin, Kairys Rudovsky Messing Feinberg & Lin, Philadelphia, PA; William R. Spade, Jr., Blowing Rock, NC for appellants.
for defendant: John M. Gallagher, Office of United States Attorney, Allentown, PA; David E. Troyer, Robert Zauzmer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 14-1493
Defendants appealed their conviction and sentence on charges including murder, conspiracy to commit murder and RICO conspiracy and court found one defendant failed to show her attorney had a conflict of interest, trial court properly denied severance, inflammatory comments by gang ringleader were properly admitted and jury instruction on RICO conspiracy did not improperly amend the indictment. The court affirmed the District Court's judgment.