United States Fourth Circuit

The five-year statute of limitations generally applicable to non-capital offenses does not bar this multi-count murder prosecution. The limitations period depends on the capital nature of the crime, not on whether the death penalty is in fact available for defendants in a particular case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/02/2004
• Published 04/02/2004

Judges

• Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Thomas Ralph Scott, Jr., Street, Street, Street, Scott & Bowman, Grundy, Virginia, for Appellant.  Thomas Ernest Booth, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:Thomas M. Blaylock, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant.  John L. Brownlee, United States Attorney, Thomas J. Bondurant, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Anthony P. Giorno, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.