U.S. v. PREACHER

No. 10-10492. Non-Argument Calendar.

631 F.3d 1201 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald Scott PREACHER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Kirwin , Karen E. Rhew-Miller , E. Bryan Wilson , Tallahassee, FL, Lennard B. Register, III , Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Chet Kaufman , Randolph P. Murrell , Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, EDMONDSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Ronald Preacher appeals his conviction for using a facility of interstate commerce with the intent that murder-for-hire be committed under 18 U.S.C. § 1958. On appeal Preacher argues: (1) that the district court erred in determining that abandonment is not a valid defense under § 1958 and erred in denying his proposed jury instruction on abandonment; and (2) because there was sufficient evidence of abandonment presented at trial, the...

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