Legal Opinion
United States v. Brandon Bernard and Christopher Andre Vialva
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 2002No. 00-50523PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Brandon Bernard and Christopher Andre Vialva were jointly tried, found guilty and sentenced to death for the murders of Todd and Stacie Bagley on the property of Fort Hood, Texas. See Federal Death Penalty Act (“FDPA”) of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 3591 et seq. Bernard and Vialva now appeal their convictions and sentences. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On June 20, 1999, Christopher Andre Vialva, Christopher Lewis and Tony Sparks, members of a gang in Killeen, Texas, met to plan a robbery. 1 The three gang members decided on the…
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