U.S. v. MOORE

Nos. 14-4645, 14-4646.

810 F.3d 932 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wendy Annette MOORE, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Austin Latham, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Andrew Mackenzie , Barrett-Mackenzie, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina; James Arthur Brown, Jr. , Law Offices of Jim Brown, PA, Beaufort, South Carolina, for Appellants. Rhett DeHart , Office Of The United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William N. Nettles , United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, Nathan S. Williams , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge HARRIS wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge MOTZ joined.


A jury convicted Wendy Annette Moore and Christopher Austin Latham of participating in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Latham's estranged wife. In this consolidated appeal, Moore and Latham challenge their convictions, arguing that the district court constructively amended the indictment through erroneous jury instructions...

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