United States Fourth Circuit

Petitioner's affidavit stating that he would not have pled guilty if his attorneys had explained the case better is not sufficient evidence that he would not have pled guilty but for counsels' alleged errors.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/23/2001
• Published 07/23/2001

Judges

• Before WIDENER and DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Douglas Fredericks, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Robert Quentin Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  Robert Edward Lee, Jr., Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Mark L. Earley, Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.