U.S. v. FELL

Docket No. 06-2882-cr.

531 F.3d 197 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donald FELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Blume, Cornell Law School, (Christopher Seeds, Sheri Lynn Johnson, on the brief), Ithaca, NY; Alexander Bunin, Federal Public Defender, Albany, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

William B. Darrow, Assistant United States Attorney (Thomas D. Anderson, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont; Paul J. Van de Graaf, Gregory L. Waples, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), Burlington, VT; Thomas Booth, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Before: WALKER, CABRANES, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

Donald Fell was convicted of murdering Teresca King in the course of a carjacking and kidnapping. Following a hearing on possible penalties and a verdict rendered by the jury, he was sentenced to death by the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Sessions, J.). In this appeal, Fell challenges his sentence on a number of grounds falling roughly into four categories...

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