United States Fourth Circuit

Dismissal of habeas petition of death row inmate is affirmed over claim relating to the effectiveness of his counsel, his awareness of the consequences of his plea, and the sentencing court's refusal to admit potentially mitigating evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2007
• Published 11/13/2007

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Paul MacAllister Green, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Valerie Blanche Spalding, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  M. Gordon Widenhouse, Jr., Rudolf, Widenhouse & Fialko, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.