Legal Opinion
Ronald Dale Yeatts v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1999No. 98-19PublishedCited by 225 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dismissed by published opinion. Judge WILKINS wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG joined. Judge HAMILTON wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
OPINION
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
Ronald Dale Yeatts filed this petition for habeas corpus relief1 from his Virginia conviction for capital murder and his resulting death sentence. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994).2 The district court denied the relief sought. Yeatts now maintains that the state trial court violated his constitutional right to due process by failing to permit him to inform the jury that…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by225 opinions
- Day v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Sherwood L. Hill v. D. A. Braxton, Buckingham Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
- Moore v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. George Lloyd PregentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director of the Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
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