United States v. Kenneth Wilk

HULL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Kenneth Wilk (“Wilk”) appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to strike the government’s Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty (the “Death Notice”) and to bar the government from seeking the death penalty in his trial for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Todd M. Fatta (“Fatta”) and other charges. Wilk asserts that the Death Notice was not provided to him “a reasonable time before the trial” as required by 18 U.S.C. § 3593(a). After review and oral argument, we affirm, concluding that a Death Notice filed six months before the trial is reasonable notice…