United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant's murder conviction is affirmed where: 1) evidence regarding whether the arresting officers used proper police procedures in entering Defendant's home was irrelevant to his claim that the killing was in self-defense; and 2) any possible error in the District Court's instructions was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence against Defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2009
• Published 06/29/2009

Judges

• WILSON, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and BIRCH and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jose Rafael Rodriguez (Court-Appointed), Rodriguez & Fernandez, PA, Miami, FL, William Donald Matthewman (Court-Appointed), Coral Springs, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Evelio J. Yera, Anne R. Schultz, Kathleen M. Salyer, Miami, FL, Phillip DiRosa, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.