Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Leon Gore
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2002No. 01-51131PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Michael Gore appeals his sentence of life imprisonment for second degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111 (murder on a government reservation). Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
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Darrian Taylor was the three-year-old son of Sarah Dirck, who was on active military duty stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. Gore and Dirck were engaged to be married and were living together at the base in Fort Hood, but Gore was not Taylor’s biological father. In late April 2001, Dirck left Fort Hood for military training and left Taylor in Gore’s care, giving Gore a power of…
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