United States v. Billy L. Talley

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Billy Talley (“Talley”) appeals his conviction and sentence for two counts of solicitation to commit the murder of an FBI agent and witness informant. Talley asserts seven errors on appeal. For the reasons stated herein, we find that the district court did not err on any of these grounds, and affirm Talley’s conviction and sentence.

I

In late 1995, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) began investigating an individual by the name of Kelvin Marr. Marr subsequently became a government informant and began providing information regarding…