Legal Opinion
Strickler v. Murray
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 13, 1995No. Record 931792PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
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Thomas David Strickler was convicted of the capital murder, abduction, and robbery of Leanne Whitlock in the Circuit Court of Augusta County and sentenced to death. We affirmed the judgment of the circuit court in Strickler v. Commonwealth, 241 Va. 482, 404 S.E.2d 227, cert. denied, 502 U.S. 944 (1991).
Strickler filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging, among other things, that his trial counsel’s ineffective assistance invalidates his conviction. The circuit court granted the respondent’s motion to dismiss Strickler’s petition, and we awarded Strickler an appeal limited to two…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Smith v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Slayton v. ParriganSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
- Syvasky Lafayette Poyner v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, (Six Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Lovitt v. Warden, Sussex I State PrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2003
- Williams v. Warden of Mecklenburg Correctional CenterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1997
- Hedrick v. Warden of Sussex I State PrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2002
- Thacker v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2006
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