United States v. David Williams

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10174

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 4:18-cr-01695-

JAS-EJM-1

DAVID KAPONE WILLIAMS;

MARCELL DEMETRIUS GRAY;

SHAWMAINE EUSTACE ARDELL OPINION

MOORE; SAMUEL LEE BERRELLE

RAKESTRAW III; MICHAEL

ANTHONY WILLIAMS; KEANA

NICOLE IWANKIW; CLIFFTON

MARTINEZ; JERMAINE LAMAR

MAXWELL; REGINALD COLE

JOHNSON; TROY JERMAINE

HOWELL; MARK ANTHONY

HOLGUIN; TENELL MICHAEL

MURE; LABARR MARTINEZ;

DAVID GOROSAVE; BUFFIE ANN

BRIDGES; DEZIRAE

ALEXANDRIA MONTEEN,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James Alan Soto, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted December 7, 2022 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed May 18, 2023

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges, and Jack Zouhary, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bumatay

SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

In a criminal case in which the government has charged 19 alleged members of the Western Hills Bloods with multiple offenses, the panel reversed the district court’s…