United States Fourth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed over his claim that his trial counsel were constitutionally ineffective when they failed to object to a portion of the solicitor's closing argument at sentencing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/04/2005
• Published 02/04/2005

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, WIDENER, WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, MOTZ, TRAXLER, KING, GREGORY, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Teresa Lynn Norris, Center For Capital Litigation, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.   ONBRIEF:Thomas R. Haggard, Ridgeway, South Carolina;  Joseph Maggiacomo, Center for Capital Litigation, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Henry Dargan McMaster, Attorney General, John W. McIntosh, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.