United States v. David Ronald Chandler, A/K/A Ronnie Chandler

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• finding no plain error where the district court did not mention the substantive connection requirement but noted that murder charge was \built upon\ the continuing criminal enterprise charge
• reasoning that a new capital statute specifying a method of execution “would only provide for the method by which the punishment would be carried out” and thus would not alter a death sentence as to violate the Ex Post Facto Clause
• finding no plain error where the district court did not mention the substantive connection requirement but noted that murder charge was “built upon” the continuing criminal enterprise charge
• government provided witness list 14 days before trial and supplemented it four days before commencement of trial
• “Invidious factors, such as race or sex, cannot influence a jury’s recommendation of the death penalty.”
• “The jury is presumed to follow the instructions they are given.”

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