United States v. James E. Wagner

NELSON, Circuit Judge:

James E. Wagner appeals his conviction for first degree murder and for conveyance of a weapon in a federal correctional institution. Wagner raises a number of challenges to the district court’s rulings before and during his jury trial. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In 1978, Wagner was committed to the Federal Correctional Institution in Lompoc, California, to serve a fifteen-year sentence for bank robbery. In January, 1981, Wagner was placed in administrative segregation after a preliminary investigation indicated that he had stabbed to death another inmate, Thomas Sargis,…