United States v. Burgos-Montes

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.

Edison Burgos-Montes (“Burgos”) appeals from his conviction for two counts of drug conspiracy and two counts of murder. The latter stem from the disappearance of Burgos’ girlfriend Madelin Semidey-Mor-ales. (“Semidey”) shortly after Burgos learned that she had been acting as a government informant. Although the government sought the death penalty, the jury sentenced Burgos to life in prison. Bur-gos now challenges his conviction on a large number of grounds. For the reasons described in this opinion, we affirm the district court in full.'

I. Background

In this appeal,…