U.S. v. RIVERA

No. 13-13125.

780 F.3d 1084 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elliot RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Drew Dirosa , U.S. Attorney's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Evelyn Baltodano-Sheehan , Wifredo A. Ferrer , Vanessa S. Johannes , Michael Brian Nadler , Lisa Tobin Rubio , Kathleen Mary Salyer , U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Philip Louis Reizenstein , Woodward & Reizenstein, PA, Coral Gables, FL, Christopher G. Lyons , Lyons & Lurvey, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before TJOFLAT, JULIE CARNES, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


Defendant Elliot Rivera ("Defendant") appeals his convictions for murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958. During a week-long jury trial, evidence was presented showing that Defendant attempted to hire a hit man to murder a person on whom Defendant held a large...

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