United States v. Babilonia

CHIN, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Roger Key appeals from a judgment of the district court (Stein, J.) convicting him of, inter alia, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and several drug- and firearm-related offenses. Key principally challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction for participating in the murder-for-hire conspiracy targeting Terry Harrison and the admission at trial of evidence seized during an August 6, 2012 car stop and search (the “Car Stop”) and a September 19, 2012 search of Key’s apartment (the “Apartment Search”). Because we conclude that the…