United States Fourth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his challenge that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his attorneys failed to appear during voir dire and jury selection.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/17/2004
• Published 11/17/2004

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Joel Morris Bondurant, Jr., Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Samuel Creighton Waters, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Henry Dargan McMaster, Attorney General, John W. McIntosh, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.