Calderon v. State

Manuel Calderon (“the defendant”) appeals his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree. Because the defendant was convicted of a felony that resulted in a death, the amended statute of limitations, providing that such prosecutions may be brought at any time, applies. Therefore, we reject the defendant’s argument that the charges were not timely brought and we affirm the defendant’s conviction.

BACKGROUND

Jose Patino (“the victim”) was killed in 1992, but the investigation ran cold until 1999, when a tip from a federal inmate (“the informant”) linked the…