SAMPSON v. U.S.

No. 16-1727.

832 F.3d 37 (2016)

Gary Lee SAMPSON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Mogin , with whom William E. McDaniels , Jennifer G. Wicht , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Michael Burt , Law Office of Michael Burt, San Francisco, CA, Danalynn Recer , Austin, TX, and Gulf Region Advocacy Center were on brief, for appellant.

Mark T. Quinlivan , Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Selya, and Lipez, Circuit Judges.


Gary Lee Sampson pled guilty in September 2003 to two counts of the crime of carjacking resulting in death. In December 2003, following a penalty-phase trial, a jury sentenced Sampson to death under the Federal Death Penalty Act ("FDPA") for those crimes. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 3591-3599. His death...

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