United States v. Allen Clifton Benton

R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Allen Clifton Benton, an inmate at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, was indicted and tried on three counts: for murdering another inmate, William Rhett Zambito, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1111; for conveying a weapon within a federal prison in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1792; and for conspiring to murder Zambito in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1117. The jury acquitted Benton of the first two charges but convicted him of the conspiracy charge and the district judge imposed a life sentence. Benton raises several alleged errors on appeal.…