Legal Opinion
Young v. Catoe
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 3, 2000No. 99-6, 99-8PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge MICHAEL joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Kevin Dean Young, imprisoned in South Carolina under a sentence of death, appeals the district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The lower court rejected Young’s claims that (1) his lawyer rendered ineffective assistance during the guilt phase of Young’s murder trial; and (2) his death sentence was arbitrarily and capriciously imposed because the sentencing court declined to instruct the jury that the alternative of life…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- California v. RamosSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- United States v. Stephen TseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
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