Legal Opinion
United States v. Blake
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 2, 2009No. 07-4619, 07-4827PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:
Leeander Jerome Blake raises numerous challenges to his conviction and sentence for offenses arising out of a carjacking that caused the death of the victim. We affirm.
I
On the evening of September 19, 2002, Blake and Terrance Tolbert walked into a Maryland neighborhood with a gun, looking for someone to carjack. Blake pointed out 51-year-old Straughan Lee Griffin, who had just arrived home from work and was in the process of unloading his Jeep Grand Cherokee in front of his home. The men approached Griffin and shot him in the head. They then drove away in his…
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