United States v. Davis

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Len Davis appeals his 1996 conviction and 2005 death sentence imposed pursuant to the Federal Death Penalty Act (“FDPA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 3591-3599. We AFFIRM.

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Kim Marie Groves was murdered on October 13, 1994 in New Orleans, Louisiana, through the coordinated efforts of Davis and his co-conspirators Paul Hardy and Damon Causey. Davis, then an officer with the New Orleans Police Department (“NOPD”), exchanged protection for favors with Hardy, then a New Orleans drug dealer. Causey was an associate of both Hardy and Davis. One of Hardy’s favors,…