Legal Opinion
United States v. Elliot Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2015No. 13-13125PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Elliot Rivera (“Defendant”) appeals his convictions for murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958. During a week-long jury trial, evidence was presented showing that Defendant attempted to hire a hit man to murder a person on whom Defendant held a large life insurance policy. Seeking a reversal of his conviction, Defendant argues that the district court erred in admitting tape-recorded conversations between himself and the wife of the coconspirator in this plot. Defendant also contends that the district…
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