United States Fourth Circuit

Dismissal of habeas petition, seeking relief from conviction, sentences, and death penalty, is remanded for an evidentiary hearing on juror bias claim where the state court-s rejection of the claim involved an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2005
• Decided 07/11/2006
• Published 07/11/2006

Judges

• Before WIDENER, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Burton Craige, Patterson Harkavy, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Valerie Blanche Spalding, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  F. Marsh Smith, Southern Pines, North Carolina;  Matthew Stiegler, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.