United States v. Stephan Paul Doll Von Foelkel

Stephan Paul Doll Von Foelkel appeals his conviction, following a jury trial before Judge Pooler of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, for interstate violation of a protection order in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2262(a)(1). Von Foelkel primarily argues that 18 U.S.C. § 2262 violates the Commerce Clause and the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. In addition, he argues that the district court abused its discretion when it admitted evidence of his prior bad acts under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), that certain of the prosecutor’s remarks in…