Griffin-El v. Bowersox

How later courts describe this case

• holding that, regardless of the prosecutor’s representation of the purpose of victim impact evidence, the sentenc ing court is presumed to have made proper use of such evidence.
• Risk of “spillover prejudice” may occur when a jury imputes evidence from one conspiracy to a defendant involved in a separate conspiracy.
• Appellant “introduced at sentencing substantially the same evidence about which he now complains.... For this reason as well, Appellant’s claim must fail.”