United States v. Jorge Torrez

I agree with my colleagues in the majority that none of Appellant Jorge Torrez’s complaints with respect to his trial merit *324reversal. However, I would find that Tor-rez was ineligible for the death penalty and accordingly vacate his death sentence and remand for resentencing. Therefore, while I concur in Parts I — III of the majority opinion, as well as Part IV.A and. Part IV.C, I must dissent from the remainder of Part IV and the ultimate conclusion in PartV.

I

The majority opinion adequately lays out the facts and the basic premises of the Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA), 18 U.S.C. §§…