United States Fourth Circuit

A state court's holding that a governor's statement to the press was not a law for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause is not a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/10/2001
• Decided 08/23/2001
• Published 08/23/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Neal Lawrence Walters, Appellate Litigation Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, for Appellant. Gary Eugene Bair, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, MD, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, MD, for Appellees.