Legal Opinion
United States v. Wesley Ira Purkey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 7, 2005No. 04-1337PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Wesley Purkey of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Jennifer Long, and sentenced him to death. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a), (g), 3559(d), 3591-3598. On appeal, Mr. Purkey raises myriad challenges to his conviction and sentence. After careful review, we conclude that his arguments lack merit and therefore affirm the judgment of the district court. 1
Jennifer Long, a sixteen year-old high school sophomore, disappeared in January of 1998. On December 15, 1998, while in the Wyandotte County Jail awaiting a Kansas state prosecution for the murder of…
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