Legal Opinion
United States v. Mitchell Frederick Paster
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 19, 1999No. 98-7270PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
We here review sentencing decisions rendered by the District Court below in a very troubling case of murder on a federal reservation. On August 28,1996, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Mitchell Frederick Paster with premeditated murder of his wife, Dr. Margaret Bostrom, by stabbing her repeatedly with a butcher knife. 18 U.S.C. §§ 7(3), 1111. At arraignment, Paster pled not guilty, and later noticed his intention to plead insanity. Thereafter, the govern*209ment indicated that it would not seek the death penalty authorized by 18…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- McMillan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. Kikumura, YuCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Arthur MorrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Eddie Wayne RobersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by33 opinions
- United States v. Long, KennethCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Charles MackCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- United States v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Robert Nelson MayCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- United States v. Robert SpinelloCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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