Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Evatt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1997No. 96-5PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Senior Judge PHILLIPS joined.
OPINION
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Earl Matthews, Jr., appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, see 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Finding no error, we affirm.
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On the evening of October 29, 1984, Lucia Aimar and her boyfriend, Eric Burn, purchased their dinner at a drive-through restaurant in Charleston, 1 South Carolina. While the couple was parked in a nearby parking lot eating their ■ dinner, Matthews approached the driver’s side of the…
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