Rhodes

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 28 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-613 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:17-cr-00093-WHA-5 v.

MEMORANDUM*

BURTE GUCCI RHODES, AKA

Moeshawn,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William Alsup, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: WARDLAW, PAEZ, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Burte Gucci Rhodes appeals his conviction and sentence of mandatory life

imprisonment for murder-for-hire in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958, and his

conviction of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire in violation of 18 U.S.C. §

371. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1. Rhodes first argues that the government improperly vouched for the

FBI’s investigation, and thereby deprived him of his right to due process.…