Legal Opinion

United States v. Jordan

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 20, 2015No. 15-1046PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MATHESON, Circuit Judge.

On June 3, 1999, inmate David Stone died after he was stabbed three times with a shank — a makeshift knife — while located in the recreation yard at the United States Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado (“USP Florence”). A federal grand jury indicted inmate Mark Jordan for the murder of Mr. Stone and three related assaults. In 2005, a jury found him guilty on all counts.

In 2012, Sean Riker, another inmate who was present in the prison recreation yai'd on June 3, 1999, confessed to stabbing Mr. Stone and agreed to provide Mr. Jordan’s counsel a DNA sample. Mr. Jordan’s…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. United States v. Dominguez BenitezSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. United States v. Martha Stewart and Peter BacanovicCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. Thomas GambinoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by13 opinions

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