United States v. Ricardo Delgado, II

Type

Opinion

Author

Amul Roger Thapar

Filed

June 15, 2026

Case

United States v. Ricardo Delgado, II

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0264n.06 Case No. 24-2062 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Jun 15, 2026 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED v. ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF RICARDO DELGADO, II, ) MICHIGAN Defendant-Appellant. ) ) OPINION Before: MOORE, WHITE, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges. THAPAR, Circuit Judge. Ricardo Delgado participated in a sprawling drug-trafficking conspiracy. As a result, a jury convicted him of conspiring to distribute cocaine, possessing cocaine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute those drugs, and possessing multiple machine guns, pistols, and rifles in furtherance of those drug crimes. The district court ultimately sentenced Delgado to 60 years in prison. Delgado now appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm both. I. In 2021, Ricardo Delgado wrapped up his latest prison stint for trafficking cocaine and began a term of federal supervised release in Saginaw, Michigan. During his first check-in, his probation officer asked him whether he’d “learn[ed] [his] lesson” from his previous conviction. R. 777, Pg. ID 5555. Wi…

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