Legal Opinion
Larry v. Branker
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2009No. 07-7PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote the opinion, in which Judge TRAXLER and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.
SHEDD, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Michael Larry was sentenced to death after a North Carolina jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm. Larry unsuccessfully challenged his conviction and sentence in state court, both on direct appeal and in collateral proceedings, and then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. The district court denied Larry’s petition. We granted Larry a certificate of appealability to consider two…
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