United States v. Bowers, Criminal No. 18-292
United States v. Bowers, Criminal No. 18-292
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United States v. Bowers, Criminal No. 18-292 | Oct 29, 2020 —
Opinion
Criminal No. 18-292
10-29-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ROBERT BOWERS, Defendant.
AMBROSE, Senior District Judge
OPINION AND ORDER OF COURT SYNOPSIS
On January 29, 2019, the Government filed a superseding indictment charging Defendant, in part, with Obstruction of Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs Resulting in Death in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 247(a)(2) and 247(d)(1) (Counts 1-11) and Use and Discharge of a Firearm to Commit Murder During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i), 924(c)(1)(A)(ii), 924(c)(1)(A)(iii), and 924(j)(1) (Counts 23-33). [ECF No. 44].
On August 26, 2019, the Government filed a Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty as to these counts ("Notice of Intent"). [ECF No. 86]. The Notice of Intent enumerates the statutory gateway factors and statutory and non-statutory aggravating factors that the Government proposes to prove as justifying a sentence of death. Id.
Defendant has filed a Challenge to the Notice of Intent and Memorandum of Support seeking to strike mental state eligibility and aggravating factors pursuant to Article I and the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3592, et seq., and case law. [ECF No. 241].
The Government filed a Response in Opposition and Defendant filed a Reply. [ECF Nos. 250, 253]. For the reasons set forth below, the Challenge is denied.
Opinion Text: https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-bowers-83
United States v. Bowers, Criminal No. 18-292
https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-bowers-83
http://christian-identity.net/forum/...1938#post21938
http://whitenationalist.org/forum/sh...938#post219238
United States v. Bowers, Criminal No. 18-292 | Oct 29, 2020 —
Opinion
Criminal No. 18-292
10-29-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ROBERT BOWERS, Defendant.
AMBROSE, Senior District Judge
OPINION AND ORDER OF COURT SYNOPSIS
On January 29, 2019, the Government filed a superseding indictment charging Defendant, in part, with Obstruction of Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs Resulting in Death in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 247(a)(2) and 247(d)(1) (Counts 1-11) and Use and Discharge of a Firearm to Commit Murder During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i), 924(c)(1)(A)(ii), 924(c)(1)(A)(iii), and 924(j)(1) (Counts 23-33). [ECF No. 44].
On August 26, 2019, the Government filed a Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty as to these counts ("Notice of Intent"). [ECF No. 86]. The Notice of Intent enumerates the statutory gateway factors and statutory and non-statutory aggravating factors that the Government proposes to prove as justifying a sentence of death. Id.
Defendant has filed a Challenge to the Notice of Intent and Memorandum of Support seeking to strike mental state eligibility and aggravating factors pursuant to Article I and the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3592, et seq., and case law. [ECF No. 241].
The Government filed a Response in Opposition and Defendant filed a Reply. [ECF Nos. 250, 253]. For the reasons set forth below, the Challenge is denied.
Opinion Text: https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-bowers-83
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