In 2018, the city of New Orleans settled a lawsuit with Groves' three children in the sum of $1.5 million. We preempted those acts of violence with suggestions to people that they may not want to stay in a particular location.". Therefore, neither decision raises any ex post facto or due process concerns. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome. "It tells us that corruption in the Police Department is pervasive, rampant and systemic.". The ultimate question before us, however, is not the impropriety of the prosecutor's remarks but whether these remarks were so inflammatory that they entitle the defendant to a new trial. United States v. Lowenberg, 853 F.2d 295, 301 (5th Cir.1988). FN5. WebWilliams was a 25-year-old New Orleans police officer assigned to the 7th District. "The undercover agent was very clever, however, and stripped before the police officers to show that he was not wired at the time, " Jordan said. You will never see a more cold, calculated killing. This remark is the only one to which defense counsel objected. If I was family to any of the ones that were killed that day, I would sue the New Orleans Police Department. Additionally, no exceptions to the law of the case doctrine apply. Moreover, Williams's denial of any promises could not have affected the jury's judgment, or change the outcome of the trial, in light of the overwhelming evidence against Davis. 241), List of death row inmates in the United States, List of inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States prior to 2009, "Baumgartner Death Sentences 22 Sept 2019", "Len Davis sentenced to death for murder of Kim Groves", "Officer Len Davis, two others, charged in death of Kim Groves", "Law & Disorder - Timeline: NOPD's Long History of Scandal", "Len Davis convicted of running cocaine protection racket", "Len Davis, eight other New Orleans police officers, charged in drug sting", "9 New Orleans Police Officers Are Indicted in U.S. Drug Case", "A murder 20 years ago marked low point for NOPD", "City to pay $1.5M to Kim Groves' children, 24 years after NOPD officer had her killed", "Len Davis, triggerman convicted of capital murder in death of Kim Groves", "Ex-officer convicted for 1994 hit wants federal judge back", "FindLaw's United States Fifth Circuit case and opinions", "Murderous ex-cop has no fool for a client: An editorial", "Len Davis, Petitioner v. United States of America", "Hit man who killed Kim Groves in 1994 is sentenced to life in prison", "United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Damon Causey, Defendant-appellant.united States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Paul Hardy, Also Known As P, Also Known As Cool; and Len Davis, Defendants-appellants, 185 F.3d 407 (5th Cir. The district court conducted an evidentiary hearing in May 2001, during which it heard testimony from Williams, his attorney, and the assistant U.S. attorney from whom Williams's attorney requested a plea agreement. United States v. Davis, 912 F.Supp. While we examine the Brady question de novo, we must proceed with deference to the factual findings underlying the district court's decision. United States v. Severns, 559 F.3d 274, 278 (5th Cir.2009). During the first or eligibility phase of the trial, Williams testified that Davis introduced him to Hardy. In Davis's first appeal, we stated, the district court's decision on the ultimate question of discrimination is a fact finding, which is accorded great deference. Causey, 185 F.3d at 413. THE COURT: [Prosecutor], you're testifying. "When later asked why, (they said) it was to impress the drug dealer to show them that, in fact, they were the NOPD and could produce on their offer of protection.". In July 1995, pursuant to the FDPA, the Government filed two notices of intent to seek the death penalty for Davis and Hardy, and the FDPA elements in support. See Flores, 63 F.3d at 1373-74. Gallagher said he was particularly concerned with the possibility of danger to undercover agents. United States v. Millsaps, 157 F.3d 989, 993 (5th Cir.1998) (citing Zafiro v. United States, 506 U.S. 534, 540 (1993)). For if not him, who? Here, the prosecutor's improper statements do not rise to the level of plain error. You don't get charged with that kinda stupid shit over here. 3595(c)(2). Notwithstanding our binding precedent, Davis asserts that the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000) is intervening case law that brings the issue within the exception to the law of the case doctrine. They were cryptic and they did not take on significance until compared with other events. In addition, the court's instructions regarding consideration of mitigation evidence ensured that the jurors considered the mitigation factors correctly. Id. 20 years ago: Restaurant killings, officer's arrest rocked city, NOPD. The investigation hits the Police Department at a time when the agency is reeling from several years of corruption, with more than 30 officers arrested in connection with a variety of crimes. You examined as well as Mr. Davis' personnel file, crime statistics for New Orleans for the year 1994, did you not? And justice can only be had by sentencing Len Davis to death. Huh? Though Davis refused to be present in the courtroom during the selection phase, he permitted his back-up counsel to proceed without him. A refusal to give a requested instruction constitutes reversible error only if the proposed instruction (1) is substantially correct, (2) is not substantively covered in the jury charge, and (3) pertains to an important issue in the trial, such that failure to give it seriously impairs the presentation of an effective defense. Id. 3592. The Government argues that Davis is making essentially the same argument regarding the prosecution's closing remarks as he did in his fourth claim. The testimony and wiretap excerpts from Operation Shattered Shield revealed that Davis's sole motivation for ordering Groves killed was the complaint she filed against him. This principle receives even more play where there is no contemporaneous objection to the cross-examination. Id. Don't do that.. Appointed in October, he acknowledged that he inherited a department riddled with corruption and vowed to weed out bad officers through aggressive internal investigations. 3593(a). ", "We were concerned that he may engage in acts of violence. Williams also testified and corroborated much of the recorded conversations. And it was an insult on our entire criminal justice system. Two men described as violent drug traffickers - Paul "Cool" Hardy and Damon Causey - have been charged in the Oct. 13 murder. We rejected Davis's Batson challenge in his first appeal. The email address cannot be subscribed. Compare, e.g., People v. Kuntu, 752 N.E.2d 380, 403 (Ill.2001) (We find error in allowing the State to argue to the jury that, if it should fail to vote to sentence defendant to death, the jury will be giving the jury five free murders.), with Rodden v. Delo, 143 F.3d 441, 447 (8th Cir.1998) (In context, the prosecutor's statement about the second murder being free urged the jury to impose additional punishment for the additional crime The jury could properly consider [the defendant]'s earlier crimes in deciding whether to sentence him to death.). When Hardy called back, he and Davis discussed a plan to kill Groves, with Hardy as the shooter and Davis and Williams taking care of evidence at the crime scene after the murder was committed. Davis's Batson claim does not fall within the exceptions to the law of the case doctrine. Davis requested the murder because, on or about October 10, 1994, Groves witnessed Davis's police partner, Sammie Williams, pistol-whip her nephew, Nathan Norwood, who lived in the neighborhood. Oh, sure, they look like theyre moving. How do you know if Sammie Williams is telling you the truth? Therefore, the law of the case doctrine applies to foreclose review in this appeal. Pennington said he immediately suspended the nine officers. "In September, a disturbing development occurred, " Gallagher said. Hardy replied he was on [his] way. Williams's shift ended at that point, and he left Davis with the patrol car. Davis's re-sentencing proceedings began on July 25, 2005 before a jury.1 During the first stage of the re-sentencing, Davis elected to represent himself with appointed counsel serving as back-up.2 On August 3, 2005, the jury returned a verdict rendering Davis eligible for the death penalty, finding that he intentionally participated in an act contemplating that Groves would be killed, and did so after substantial planning and premeditation. Davis timely appealed. Given the severity of the penalty in this case, we will review the claims separately..FN11. Davis argues that intervening case law has created a contrary decision of the applicable law such that the law of the case doctrine does not apply. Davis did not appeal this ruling. If the jury returns both findings, the proceeding moves to the second or selection phase. At the selection phase, the prosecutor again argued that Hardy was a killer by trade, and that Davis had aided and abetted Hardy and his associates in their criminal activities. Causey v. United States, 530 U.S. 1277 (2000). [14] Hardy shot and killed her on October 14, 1994, less than one day after she filed the complaint. As for whether a jury would naturally and necessarily construe a remark as a comment on the defendant's failure to testify, the question is not whether the jury possibly or even probably would view the challenged remark in this manner, but whether the jury necessarily would have done so. Id. Williams see [sic] a homicide and what does he do? Websammy williams new orleans copdeny the witch 9th edition rulesdeny the witch 9th edition rules A rookie New Orleans police officer is forced to balance her identity as a black woman after she witnesses two corrupt cops committing murder. Q.I mean the significance that Paul Hardy and Mr. Poonie had this little war in the Florida project. Ambiguous jury instructions in the capital context warrant reversal only if there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury has applied the challenged instruction in a way that prevents the consideration of constitutionally relevant evidence. Boyde v. California, 494 U.S. 370, 380 (1990). See Cervantes-Blanco, 504 F.3d at 587 (Even if we were to reconsider Cervantes's objection, there has been no change in Supreme Court or circuit law that would permit us to reverse the district court.); United States v. McCrimmon, 443 F.3d 454, 461-62 (5th Cir.2006). First, as to the prosecutor's argument that a life sentence would not be adequate punishment because Davis was already serving a life sentence for drug offenses, we conclude that any failure by the district court to correct the remarks was not plain error. Q. We AFFIRM. More top cops with the New Orleans Police Department are said to be leaving. Vuelos Alquileres de vacaciones He is survived by his wife and two young children. During the eligibility phase of the penalty proceedings, Davis represented himself with appointed back-up counsel..FN6. See 18 U.S.C. Is that just? The prosecutor then asked Williams: Q. There was a good-faith factual basis for the questioning, because Williams had already testified that Poonie was a dealer in the Florida project who was one of Hardy's enemies. First, the Government resubmitted the evidence presented in the first or eligibility phase that proved Davis acted with specific intent and after substantial planning and meditation, resulting in Groves's death. One of the officers, a 5th District sergeant, is a commander. Davis's back-up counsel did not object to these statements.7. And I want you to listen to what I'm saying. How dare he compare your dedication, your willingness to follow your sworn duty with the murderous rampage of Len Davis. The evidence showed that, besides orchestrating Groves's murder, Davis routinely used special codes to communicate with Hardy and Causey, and offered to assist them in covering up their criminal activities. "The pertinent conversations were spread out over a 10-hour period and were intermingled with many other discussions concerning their protection activity at the warehouse. The victim-impact testimony here did not violate Davis's due process rights. And it was an insult on our entire criminal justice system. As a result of this, we had to increase significantly the security of the FBI undercover agents.". In his sixth claim, Davis argues that the district court abused its discretion in instructing the jury on the substantial planning and premeditation aggravating factor under 18 U.S.C. A.I wasn't aware that there was a war going on between those two people, so I wouldn't have investigated it. After the conviction, Davis refused to return to the courtroom and the case proceeded to the sentencing phase in his absence. Life here is no punishment at all. He gets life, he wins again [I]f you don't return a sentence of death, which is the only just sentence in this case, Len Davis will be celebrating again tonight. That'd be the Feds with that shit. The next day, Davis paged Hardy at about 5 p.m. FN10. You only go to jail if you were the gunman. See 18 U.S.C. I understand what you're trying to say, but please. Davis's arguments have no merit. [5] He had been suspended six times and received 20 complaints between 1987 and 1992 while subsequently receiving the department's Medal of Merit in 1993. FN19. Because [d]istrict courts enjoy substantial latitude in formulating a jury charge, we review all challenges to, and refusals to give, jury instructions for abuse of discretion. United States v. Webster, 162 F.3d 308, 321-22 (5th Cir.1998), cert. FN16. If a policeman killing a citizen using a drug dealer that he is protecting is not enough, then what is? The Supreme Court denied certiorari. 4. We're not going to tolerate it, " Morial said. The city of New Orleans had to endure the reign of terror of Len Davis and the murderers he was protecting. Well, I'm hoping the government informs the judge of my cooperation and, as a result, he [the sentencing judge] will give me a lesser sentence than he otherwise may impose on me. Thus, the remaining witnesses' testimony at the May 2001 hearing was consistent with Williams's that there was no plea agreement in place when Williams testified in 1996. If the cooperation was substantial, the Government would consider filing the 5K letter, but neither the letter nor a lighter sentence were guaranteed. Next, after establishing that Streed was familiar with Causey and Hardy, the prosecutor asked if Streed was aware of a war between Hardy and Poonie, another drug dealer in the Florida housing project located in the Fifth District, in 1994. You see, ladies and gentlemen, this crime not only involved one victim, but 500,000 victims, the people of the city of New Orleans. A subsequent jury also chose the death penalty for Davis, and he was formally sentenced to death again on October 27, 2005. The prosecutor's intent is not manifest if there is some other, equally plausible explanation for the remark. Grosz, 76 F.3d at 1326. WebSammy Williams. The final list of factors included the following, in relevant part: A. Former NOPD Officer Matthew Dean Moore, who was working as Williams partner on the day of the beating, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for obstructing justice and for making false statements to the FBI The other police officers were arrested Wednesday. Minutes before the slaying, Davis was heard giving Hardy a description of Groves' clothing, prosecutors said. Davis argues that Williams had an undisclosed plea agreement. In his second claim, Davis argues that the district court committed reversible error when it provided an ex parte response to a jury question during deliberations. See United States v. Cooper, 91 F.Supp. Generally, we apply a two-step analysis to claims of prosecutorial misconduct. Review of this issue is foreclosed because Davis's conviction on both counts, based on sufficient evidence, was affirmed in his first appeal. Davis argues that this line of cross-examination implied that he and Hardy were responsible for the crime in the Fifth District. No juror found any mitigating factor. Based on its consideration of the aggravating and mitigating factors, the jury decides unanimously whether the defendant shall be sentenced to death, to life imprisonment without possibility of release, or some other lesser sentence. In 1995, Lacaze was convicted along with former NOPD officer Antoinette Frank of killing her partner Ronald Williams, and Ha Vu and Cuong Vu at the New Orleans East restaurant, Kim Anh Noodles. Fields, 483 F.3d at 360. WebLatest on OT Sammy Williams including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on NFL.com FN19. Davis and his police partner Sammie Williams are quoted talking to Hardy at 11:22 p.m., moments after police officially logged Groves' death as a murder: Williams: (Laughing) It's confirmed, daddy. Although the trial court failed to find a prima facie case of discrimination, it asked the prosecution to provide reasons for the strikes and, following the government's proffer and the defense's response, overruled the Batson challenges. Police Officer Ronald Williams was shot and killed during a robbery while he was working a secondary employment assignment at a local restaurant at 4952 Bullard Avenue. During the second or selection phase of Davis's re-sentencing hearing, the Government presented evidence to prove that Davis posed a threat of future dangerousness while imprisoned, a non-statutory aggravating factor. Sammy williams new orleans police officer; In 1990's the justice department said that New Orleans was the highest country with complaints of police brutality in 1994 there were than forty officers arrested for bribery, rape, bank robbery and Police . Therefore, the defendant and the government may introduce any relevant information during the sentencing hearing limited by the caveat that such information be relevant, reliable, and its probative value must outweigh the danger of unfair prejudice. United States v. Jones, 132 F.3d 232, 241 (5th Cir.1998). McDuffie, 542 F.2d at 241. Nonetheless, we hold that the facts and circumstances of this case make the error harmless. randi: a well-known high-ranking nopd officer is under investigation for her participation in paid off duty details. Examples of the remarks include:He prayed [sic] on a community, this community, New Orleans, Louisiana, in the Eastern District of Louisiana that desperately needed, still needs protection from the likes of Len Davis.If you want to shed a tear, shed a tear for the city of New Orleans. Causey, 185 F.3d at 413 (holding that the Government's explanations for their peremptory strikes were race neutral and not outside the realm of credibility) (citing Purkett v. Elem, 514 U.S. 765, 768 (1995)).16 Here, Davis presents arguments regarding strikes against seven African-American jurors, the same jurors whose strikes he appealed to the district court and to this court in Causey. About 45 minutes later, Davis called Hardy again to complain that Hardy had not killed Groves yet, and described Groves's clothing and location in detail. Or maybe they didn't do anything.". This plausible explanation makes it debatable as to whether the remarks were intended to comment on Davis's failure to testify in the sentencing hearing. The conversations simply did not alert us to what would occur. 18 U.S.C. Specifically, Davis believes the prosecutor used his cross-examination of Streed to bring before the jury the unsubstantiated claim that the Florida project had an unusually high number of homicides in 1994 (23 total), and that the number had dropped to only 4 homicides in 1995, coincidentally after Hardy and Davis were arrested. He joined the New Orleans Police Department in 1991 A New Orleans cop has been arrested and suspended for allegedly withholding evidence involving the suspect charged in a fellow officer's shooting death, police said. United States v. Fields, 483 F.3d, 313, 358 (5th Cir.2007), cert. Here, the prosecutor's comments regarding Jasmine's testimony comprised a few lines of transcript in a lengthy summation, and were the only prosecutorial remarks which referred to Davis's supposed lack of remorse. Davis arranged to meet Hardy and Causey at the police station to view photos of homicide cases. See Causey, 185 F.3d at 438 (Dennis, J., concurring) (Arguably, a person also has a separate defined right' protected by the Constitution not to be deprived of liberty without due process of law, and this right is also violated by having his or her life taken willfully by a state officer acting under color of law.); see also id. We have defined future dangerousness as evidence that a defendant is likely to commit criminal acts of violence in the future that would be a threat to the lives and safety of others. Bernard, 299 F.3d at 482. [10][11] Twenty additional New Orleans police officers were also implicated in the scheme but the investigation had to be aborted due to the murder of Kim Groves. After driving Hardy home, Davis and Williams returned to Groves's neighborhood and searched for her again. at 438-44 (discussing cases). In April, the officers agreed to protect a drug shipment, then stunned an agent posing as a big-time cocaine dealer by showing up in uniform, Gallagher said. He won't be punished at all. It must, however, show that the defendant had a considerable period of time to become fully aware of what he intended to do and to think it over before he acted. The description matched what Groves had on at the time of her murder. Q. The fact is so reprehensible it demands a sentence of death. He won't be punished at all. Accordingly, review of this issue is foreclosed. The FDPA further prescribes our review of a death sentence imposed pursuant to its procedures. In his fifth claim, Davis argues that the prosecution's closing arguments at the selection phase of the sentencing hearing were improper and constitute reversible error.11 Davis specifically takes issue with five categories of statements. The Supreme Court reiterated the standard of review in an earlier opinion involving the same Batson challenge raised in Miller-El. Next, Davis argues that the evidence was insufficient to prove the color of law element of Counts 1 and 2 of the indictment. At the hearing on the motion in May 2005, Davis19 argued that Williams's trial testimony demonstrated discrepancies consistent with a Brady violation. The jury found that Davis and Hardy intentionally killed Groves after substantial planning and premeditation. And in Beardslee v. Woodford, 358 F.3d 560 (9th Cir.2004), the court found that the prosecutor's comments were impermissible under Griffin, but held that the error was harmless because the comments were not extensive and did not stress lack of remorse to the jury. Causey, 185 F.3d at 417 (citing United States v. Anchondo-Sandoval, 910 F.2d 1234, 1237 (5th Cir.1990)). That investigation, Operation Shattered Shield, involved soliciting NOPD officers to guard what they thought was a warehouse holding illegal drugs for shipment. While the bell could not be unrung-i.e., the jury had already heard the prosecutor's testifying-the judge's sua sponte admonitions to the prosecutor alerted the jury to the improper nature of the remarks even without defense counsel's objections or a curative instruction. Q. Further, the district court clearly instructed the jury at the beginning and end of both phases of the re-sentencing hearings that counsel's arguments are not evidence. Defense counsel used these words after requesting permission from the district court to lead the witness..FN10. Kim Marie Groves was murdered on October 13, 1994 in New Orleans, Louisiana, through the coordinated efforts of Davis and his co-conspirators Paul Hardy and Damon Causey. Q. FN12. The agreement comes almost 24 years after Groves killing was ordered by New Orleans police officer Len Davis, who was angry over a complaint the mother of three made against him. As part of the settlement, the city has agreed to pay $1.5 million to Groves children over the course of four years. Finally, the testimony's probative value in demonstrating Davis's propensity for violent acts outweighs the danger of prejudice. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court agreed with the prosecutor that new information could be brought out at re-sentencing if Williams testified. [15] His conviction was upheld on appeal. Davis paged Hardy. 90, 111-112 (D.D.C.2000) ([W]hatever violent or criminal capabilities Cooer [sic] has outside the prison walls will have no probative value when [he] will spend the rest of his life in prison). [13] Davis was tipped off about the complaint by another officer and then conspired with a local drug dealer, Paul Hardy, to kill Groves. "We were able to intercept some conversations among the police officers who were on the protection detail . The Fifth Amendment prohibits a prosecutor from commenting on a defendant's failure to testify, Griffin v. California, 380 U.S. 609, 615 (1965), if the prosecutor's manifest intent in making the remark must have been to comment on the defendant's silence, or the character of the remark must have been such that the jury would naturally and necessarily construe it as a comment on the defendant's silence. Jackson v. Johnson, 194 F.3d 641, 652 (5th Cir.1999) (citing United States v. Grosz, 76 F.3d 1318, 1326 (5th Cir.1996)). Other participants in the drug trafficking conspiracy are now eligible to receive reduced sentences as a result of their testimony against Mr. Davis and plea agreements with the government. 3591-3599. [T]he relaxed evidentiary standard does not impair the reliability or relevance of information at capital sentencing hearings, but helps to accomplish the individualized sentencing required by the constitution. Id. (citing United States v. 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