U.S. v. SALMONA

No. 15-12569.

810 F.3d 806 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harlan SALMONA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Shipley , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Wifredo A. Ferrer , Emily M. Smachetti , Michael P. Sullivan , U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Ross Tein , Lewis Tein, PL, Coconut Grove, FL, Daniel H. Forman , Daniel Forman Law Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARTIN, Circuit Judge, and THAPAR, District Judge.


Not many people want to be locked up in a federal penitentiary serving a life sentence. Harlan Salmona does because it beats the alternative, which is being locked up in a state penitentiary that he believes is less safe. The problem for Salmona is that his life sentence was imposed by a Florida state court, not by a federal...

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