OPINION
JONES, Chief Judge.
In this capital case, the jury recommended a death sentence after convicting the defendant Carlos David Caro, a federal inmate, of first degree pre-meditated murder. See 18 U.S.C.A. § 1111(a) (West Supp.2006). This opinion more fully explains the court's decisions regarding contested jury instructions at the penalty phase of the trial.
Following the defendant's conviction for murdering his cellmate, Roberto...
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