United States v. Tyrese D. Hyles, Also Known as Little Ty

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Tyrese Hyles was indicted on murder-for-hire charges pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a) and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire charges pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2. The government sought the death penalty. After hearing the evidence at trial, a jury convicted Hyles of both charges. At sentencing, the jury declined to sentence Hyles to death, instead sentencing him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Hyles appeals his conviction, challenging the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to suppress a videotaped statement and several other eviden-tiary rulings…