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U.S. v. FIELDS

No. 04-50393.

483 F.3d 313 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherman Lamont FIELDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, TX, Steven L. Lane (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim, Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

Robert Charles Owen (argued), Owen & Rountree, Austin, TX, for Fields.

David William DeBruin, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before KING, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge, writing for the Court except as to Parts II.A.1-3. JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge, writing for the Court in Parts II.A.1-31.

This is a direct appeal in a federal death penalty case. Sherman Fields challenges his seven convictions and his death sentence, claiming more than twenty different errors. For the reasons below, we reject all of Fields's claims of error and, accordingly, affirm his convictions and sentences...

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