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U.S. v. HAGER

No. 08-4.

721 F.3d 167 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Morocco HAGER, Defendant-Appellant. Hope House; The Children's Law Center; Scholarchips; Yasmine Arrington; The Osborne Association; National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Barry Joseph Fisher , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Albany, New York, for Appellant. James L. Trump , Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert Tucker , Arlington, Virginia, for Appellant. Neil H. MacBride , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Richard D. Cooke , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. Paul M. Thompson , Jennifer R. Taylor , Thomas J. Tynan , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Supporting Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge FLOYD wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN joined. Judge WYNN wrote a dissenting opinion.

FLOYD, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Thomas Morocco Hager appeals his conviction and capital sentence for intentionally killing Barbara White while engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848(e)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 21 U.S.C. § 848(q), and 18 U.S.C. § 3595. Because we discern no reversible error, we affirm both the conviction and the sentence.

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