United States v. Phillip Harper

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Frank Harper, Phillip Harper, and Bernard Edmond of violating an assortment of 'criminal laws arising from a conspiracy to carjack expensive cars and sell them. Each defendant raises a bevy of challenges to his convictions and sentence. Seeing no merit to any of these challenges, we affirm.

I

The carjacking scheme lasted from late 2010 to early 2011. In a typical case, one of the Harpers would threaten a parking lot valet with a gun while other cohorts would take the keys from a few high-end cars and drive them away. The carjackers delivered the…