United States v. Ruben Feliciano, AKA Rude Dog, AKA Roob Dog, Ronald Pagan, AKA Twin, and Nelson Gonzalez, AKA Snoop,defendants-Appellants

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• upholding an FBI agent’s expert testimony about “the structure, leadership, practices, terminology, and operations of [a street gang, Los Solidos]”
• applying harmless error analysis to a jury selection challenge where the alleged error did not “fundamentally undermine the fairness or the validity of the trial”
• describing RICO narcotics trafficking and money laundering offenses as \economic activities that in the aggregate have a substantial effect on interstate commerce\
• finding no unfair prejudice from prosecutor’s summation where the court instructed that the jury’s recollection of the evidence controls
• conducting portion of voir dire outside hearing of defendants subject to harmless error analysis where defendants present during entire jury selection process and were provided with opportunity to consult with counsel
• assuming arguendo that the error was plain and finding that it did not “seriously affect[] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of the judicial proceedings” (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

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