Legal Opinion
United States v. Belcher
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided March 13, 1991No. Cr. 89-00156-BPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Tim McAfee (“McAfee”) is the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Wise County, Virginia. He is also a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. During 1988 and 1989, McAfee, as Commonwealth’s Attorney, unsuccessfully prosecuted the brothers Belcher, Marshall Edward (“Eddie") and Patrick Lee (“Patrick”), in the Circuit Court of Wise County, Virginia.
The State prosecutions proceeded as follows: McAfee secured separate, identical, two-count indictments against Eddie and Patrick…
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