United States Fourth Circuit

Petition for habeas corpus is denied where: 1) new evidence did not establish defendant's innocence; 2) defendant could not demonstrate prejudice from alleged ineffective assistance of counsel; 3) the prosecutor could use the defendant's pre-Miranda silence to impeach his exculpatory testimony.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/31/2006
• Decided 06/26/2006
• Published 06/26/2006

Judges

• Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  E. Fitzgerald Parnell, III, Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Steven Franklin Bryant, Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Joseph E. Zeszotarski, Jr., Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.