U.S. v. CHURCH

No. 1:00CR00104.

151 F.Supp.2d 715 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America v. Walter Lefight CHURCH and Samuel Stephen Ealy, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

July 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Bondurant, Jr., and Anthony P. Giorno, Office of the United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for United States of America.

James C. Turk, Jr., Stone, Harrison & Turk, P.C., Radford, Virginia, and Beverly M. Davis, Davis, Davis & Davis, Radford, Virginia, for Defendant Walter Lefight Church.

Thomas R. Scott, Jr., Street Law Firm, Grundy, Virginia, and Thomas M. Blaylock, Roanoke, Virginia, for Defendant Samuel Stephen Ealy.


OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, District Judge.

The government seeks to impose the death penalty against the defendants under the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 for offenses that allegedly occurred in 1989. I find that the imposition of the death penalty under these circumstances would violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution. On the other hand, I find that the offenses are not barred by the noncapital...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases