United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction and death sentence for carjacking is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the constitutionality of the Federal Death Penalty Act, 2) jury instruction, 3) sufficiency of the evidence, 4) admission of evidence; 5) a federal agent's opinion testimony; and 6) exclusion of mitigating evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2006
• Published 03/02/2006

Judges

• ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, ANDERSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel A. Summer (Court-Appointed), Law Offices of Summer & Summer, Gainesville, GA, Paul S. Kish (Court-Appointed), Kish & Lietz, P.C., Stephanie Kearns (Fed. Pub. Def.) and Brian Mendelsohn (Court-Appointed), Fed. Def. Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for LeCroy., Russell Glenn Vineyard, R. Joseph Burby, Amy Levin Weil, U.S. Atty., Atlanta, GA, for U.S.