United States Fourth Circuit

Denial of habeas petition brought by death row inmate convicted of first-degree murder is affirmed over claims that petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing and on direct appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/03/2008
• Published 01/03/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mark Alexander Charns, Charns & Charns, Durham, North Carolina;  Steven Robert Edelstein, Edelstein & Payne, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Jill Ledford Cheek, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Roy Cooper, Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.