United States v. Fathia-Anna Davis

SHEDD, Circuit Judge:

Without knowing their true identity, Fathia-Anna Davis hired two undercover police detectives to murder her ex-husband. During the detectives’ undercover investigation, Davis used her car and three mobile phones on multiple occasions to meet and communicate with them about the plot, and she eventually paid them $4,000 when they falsely told her the murder had been committed. As a result, Davis was convicted and sentenced to the 120-month statutory maximum under the federal “murder-for-hire” statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1958. 1 She now appeals, arguing that the district court…