U.S. v. MacDONALD

No. 15-7136.

911 F.3d 723 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey R. MacDONALD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph Edward Zeszotarski, Jr. , GAMMON, HOWARD & ZESZOTARSKI, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. John Stuart Bruce , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Leslie K. Cooley , Assistant United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Harris joined.


Over the last four decades, we have repeatedly been called upon to review Jeffrey R. MacDonald's trial and convictions in the Eastern District of North Carolina for the murders in 1970 of his pregnant wife and their two young daughters at Fort Bragg. In April 2011, we remanded for further proceedings on two habeas corpus claims...

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