United States Fourth Circuit

A prisoner did not make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right to an impartial jury, based on a juror's purported lies on a jury questionnaire and during voir dire.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2002
• Published 11/14/2002

Judges

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

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Kenneth Justin Rose, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Edwin William Welch, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Gretchen Marie Engel, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Roy Cooper, North Carolina Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.