U.S. v. FIELDS

No. 03-CR-073-WH.

378 F.Supp.2d 1329 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Edward Leon FIELDS, Jr., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.

July 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney, Dennis Fries, Linda A. Epperley, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Muskogee, OK, for Plaintiff, United States of America.

Julia L. O'Connell, Barry L. Derryberry, Michael A. Abel, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Tulsa, OK, Isaiah S. Gant, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Nashville, TN, for Defendant, Edward Leon Fields, Jr.


ORDER

WHITE, District Judge.

This case involves the Government seeking the death penalty against a Defendant who has pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder. The Defendant and both victims are Caucasian. On July 13, 2005 during the jury selection stage of trial, the Government exercised a peremptory challenge of Troy Earl Stoutermire. Mr. Stoutermire was the only African-American in the jury pool. At that time, counsel for the Defendant interjected...

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