United States Fourth Circuit

Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability on his Ake claim (failure to appoint a mental health expert) is granted, and the judgment of the district court as to petitioner's Ake claim is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/28/2003
• Published 07/28/2003

Judges

• Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Walter Lamar Jones, Clifford, Clendenin, O'hale & Jones, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Valerie Blanche Spalding, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department Of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  William G. Causey, Jr., High Point, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, North Carolina Department Of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.