U.S. v. BYERS

Nos. 09-4439, 09-4677.

649 F.3d 197 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick Albert BYERS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank Keith Goodman, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Marc Gregory Hall , Hall & Cho, PC, Rockville, Maryland; Mary Elizabeth Davis , Davis & Davis, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. John Francis Purcell, Jr. , Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge KEENAN joined.


OPINION

TRAXLER, Chief Judge:

Patrick Albert Byers, Jr., and Frank Keith Goodman were convicted on charges stemming from a 2007 conspiracy and murder of a witness to prevent him from testifying against Byers in an upcoming state murder trial. Byers and Goodman appeal, challenging several evidentiary rulings by the district court. Goodman also appeals the denial of his motion to suppress. For the reasons that follow...

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