United States Fourth Circuit

Where petitioner refused to allow himself or his family to participate in the development or presentation of mitigation evidence before sentencing, and counsel nonetheless attempted to present such evidence, petitioner's counsel were not unreasonably ineffective.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2000
• Published 12/22/2000

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Marilyn Gerk Ozer, William F.W. Massengale, Massengale & Ozer, Chapel Hill, NC, for Appellant.  Edwin William Welch, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Attorney General's Office, Raleigh, NC, for Appellee.