U.S. v. HALL

No. 14-2742.

945 F.3d 1035 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Michael HALL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. Duchardt, Jr. , Trimble, MO, argued ( Robert D. Lewis , Springfield, MO, Michael W. Walker , Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

Francesco Valentini , Appellate Section, Crim. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued ( John P. Cronan , Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Matthew S. Minor , Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., James P. Peterson , Capital Case Section, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Washington, DC, Timothy A. Garrison , U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, Randall D. Eggert , Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Charles Hall and Wesley Coonce killed Victor Castro-Rodriguez after brutally beating him. A jury found Hall guilty of first-degree murder, see 18 U.S.C. § 1111(b), and following the presentation of a number of aggravating and mitigating factors, returned a death sentence. Hall appeals only his sentence and challenges...

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