United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant's murder for hire conviction and sentence are affirmed, where: 1) the District Court properly admitted evidence of Defendant's prior assault on the victim because it was probative of Defendant's motive; and 2) Defendant's claim that his counsel in his prior state convictions was ineffective was irrelevant to his sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2009
• Published 04/22/2009

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES, HULL and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Brian L. Josias (Court-Appointed), Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Todd B. Grandy, Karin B. Hoppmann, AUSA, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.