United States v. Bolden

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Robert Bolden murdered security guard Nathan Ley outside a St. Louis bank during an attempted robbery. After a month-long trial, a federal jury convicted Bolden of killing Ley with a firearm during an attempted bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery, and being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. The jury sentenced him to death for the bank robbery-*613murder and firearm offenses. See 18 U.S.C. §'§ 2113(e), 924(3)(1). Bolden appeals, arguing the district court1 committed some thirty reversible errors prior to and during trial. We will first address the three issues…