Legal Opinion
Samuel Fulton, No. 127-943 v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary, Ronald Fitzgerald Robinson, 125759 v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1984No. 81 — 6695(L), 82-6040PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
Samuel Fulton and Ronald Robinson were each convicted of first-degree murder in a Maryland court in the early 1970’s. Both asserted alibi defenses. Their convictions arose from entirely separate crimes and their appeals are related only by the legal issue on which they both petitioned for habeas corpus relief.
In 1978, in unrelated actions, Fulton and Robinson each petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Both Fulton and Robinson were found to have exhausted their state remedies, and the district…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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