U.S. v. FIELDS

No. 17-7031.

949 F.3d 1240 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Leon FIELDS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED December 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter Labovitz , Assistant Federal Defender ( Katherine Ensler , Assistant Federal Defender, with him on the briefs), Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appearing for Appellant.

Jeffrey B. Kahan , Deputy Chief, Capital Case Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC ( Brian A. Benczkowski , Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Brian J. Kuester , United States Attorney, Christopher J. Wilson , Assistant United States Attorney, and Linda Epperley , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Muskogee, Oklahoma, with him on the brief), appearing for Appellee.

Before BRISCOE, McHUGH, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.


This is a federal death penalty case arising from two murders committed in a national forest in Oklahoma. Petitioner Edward Leon Fields pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of first degree murder, two counts of using a firearm during a federal crime of violence causing the death of a person, and two counts of assimilative...

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