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U.S. v. DELEON

No. 10-4064.

678 F.3d 317 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto E. DELEON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paresh S. Patel , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant. Paul Michael Cunningham , Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James Wyda , Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Paul E. Budlow , Assistant United States Attorney, Julia Jarrett , Student Intern, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge WYNN joined.

OPINION

DIAZ, Circuit Judge:

Following a three-week trial, a jury convicted Roberto DeLeon of the second-degree murder and assault of his eight-year-old stepson Jordan Peterson. The district court imposed a mandatory sentence of thirty years in prison for the murder and ten-year concurrent sentence for the assault. On appeal, DeLeon challenges his murder conviction and sentence, asserting various evidentiary claims and contending that the district court...

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