FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY CASE -- MISSOURI

ROBERT BOLDEN

DOB: August 18, 1963
Race: Black
Gender: Male

District of conviction: Eastern District of  Missouri

Trial judge: Carol E. Jackson

Number of counts: 1
Race of victim: White
Gender of victim: Male
Date of crime: October 7, 2002
Date of sentencing: August 25, 2006

Trial Counsel: Christopher McGraw, Kevin Curran, Cathy Ditraglia

Current proceedings:

• Eighth Circuit appeal of conviction and sentence (Case No. 06-3264)

Last judicial decision:

• Death sentence imposed by trial court Aug. 25, 2006

Current counsel:

Kevin Curran
Federal Public Defender’s Office
1010 Market Street, Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-241-1255

Jennifer Herndon
224 N. Highway 67
Florissant, MO 63031
314-831-5531

Reported Opinions:

• None as of this writing

Significant legal issues:

• improper submission of "pecuniary gain" aggravating circumstance, where victim was shot during an attempted bank robbery
   
• Batson claim asserting that prosecutor struck a black venireperson with limited legal training, while failing to strike a similarly situated white venireperson
   
• trial court’s limitations on cross-examination of co-defendants

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