Legal Opinion
Timothy W. Spencer v. Edward W. Murray, Director
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1994No. 93-4004PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before WIDENER, PHILLIPS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
Timothy Wilson Spencer attacks a Virginia state court judgment sentencing him to death for the murder of Susan Tucker in Arlington County, Virginia. The district court denied Spencer’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus and dismissed his case. We affirm. 1
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On December 1, 1987, the nude body of Susan Tucker was found in her Arlington townhouse. She had been raped and murdered by ligature strangulation. Because most of the underlying facts of the murder are not critical to our discussion, we refer for them…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Albert J. Clozza v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Spencer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
- James Dyral Briley v. Gary L. Bass, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Timothy W. Spencer v. Edward W. Murray, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Matthews v. EvattCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Brandon Wayne Hedrick v. William Page True, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- Matthews v. EvattCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Breard v. NetherlandDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1996
- United States v. WeaverCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021
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