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U.S. v. PORTER

No. 16-31184.

907 F.3d 374 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter PORTER, Also Known as Moonie Porter, Also Known as Urkel Porter Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 26, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Boitmann , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Diane Hollenshead Copes, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Sarah Lynn Ottinger, Esq. , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

Walter Porter appeals his conviction by contesting orders finding him competent to stand trial and denying his request for expert funding and motions to continue. We affirm.

I.

Nemesis Bates offered Porter $20,000 to murder Christopher Smith. Porter accepted and killed Smith. Porter and Bates were...

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