United States Fourth Circuit
Barnes v. Joyner, 13-5
The district court's denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging petitioner's first degree murder conviction and capital sentence is reversed and remanded, where the state post-conviction court's failure to apply a presumption of prejudice and failure to investigate petitioner's juror misconduct claim, which was based on an external influence on the jury, was an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/05/2014
- Published 05/05/2014
Judges
- THACKER
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit