United States Fourth Circuit

The Court affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's habeas corpus petition, rejecting his ineffective assistance of counsel claims and his claim of an improper jury instruction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/20/2004
• Published 07/20/2004

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Ann Elizabeth Groninger, Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Diane Appleton Reeves, Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Burton Craige, Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.