U.S. v. YOUNG

Nos. 12-2527, 12-2593.

753 F.3d 757 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Elain Kay YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Katherine A. Mock, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 23, 2014.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant Young was Jennifer Herndon, of Florissant, MO. Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant Mock was Kevin Christopher Curran of St. Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant Young's brief; Jennifer Herndon , of Florissant, MO and Michael J. Gorla , of St. Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant Mock's brief; Kevin Christopher Curran of St. Louis, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Thomas Dittmeier, AUSA, of Saint Louis, MO. In addition to Mr. Dittmeier, the following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee's brief; Patrick T. Judge , AUSA, of Saint Louis, MO., and Michael A. Reilly , AUSA, of Saint Louis, MO.

Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


SMITH, Circuit Judge.

After a six-day trial, a jury convicted Elain "Kay" Young and Katherine "Kathy" Mock of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, resulting in death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958 and murder-for-hire, resulting in death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1958 and 2 based on the death of Young's husband. Young argues that the district court1 erroneously (1) admitted testimony of three witnesses regarding Young...

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