Dumas v. Clarke

REBECCA BEACH SMITH, CHIEF JUDGE

Before the court is a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus ("Petition") filed pursuant *469to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Petitioner challenges the constitutionality of his Virginia state sentence for convictions of capital murder, malicious wounding, two counts of robbery, and two counts of abduction. On July 18, 1997, the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk sentenced Petitioner to life in prison without parole for capital murder, plus 50 years in prison for his five additional convictions.

Petitioner argues that the United States Supreme Court's decision in…