United States v. Holder

JOHN C. PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge.

While awaiting trial in state court for first degree murder, Fred Lloyd Holder was charged in the Eastern District of Oklahoma with murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111(a) and § 1114(1); and assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111. A jury convicted Mr. Holder of both counts. Although he persists in challenging our jurisdiction, this appeal, in fact, turns upon the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction. We affirm.

A. Background

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (Service) of the United…