Legal Opinion
Philip James Ostrander v. Fred W. Green, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1995No. 19-4564PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge HALL wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Senior Judge CHAPMAN joined.
OPINION
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Philip James Ostrander, a Virginia prisoner, appeals an order of the district court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.
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Ostrander was a successful young businessman in the Virginia Beach area. In 1990, his fifteen-year-old sister-in-law, Dianne Howell, accused him of molesting her on several occasions beginning when she was thirteen. He was charged in a six-count indictment with three counts of carnal…
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