Legal Opinion
William Douglas Carter v. William T. Burch Vernon Beamer, and John R. Isom Jeffrey Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 9, 1994No. 93-2027PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Senior Judge ERWIN joined.
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
William Douglas Carter (Carter) brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), against Commonwealth’s Attorney William T. Burch and police officer Captain Vernon Beamer, for alleged violations of his constitutional rights. Specifically, Carter claims that Burch and Beamer withheld materially exculpatory evidence before and after his criminal trial for the malicious wounding of his ex-wife, and that Burch conspired to present false…
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