Legal Opinion
Wolfe v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 11, 2009No. 08-8PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Justin Michael Wolfe, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in Virginia, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. We have granted Wolfe a certificate of appealability (the “COA”) on four substantive claims: (1) that the jury was exposed to extraneous influences during the penalty phase deliberations (the “extraneous influence claim”); (2) that Wolfe’s trial counsel was ineffective in moving to strike a qualified and potentially favorable venireman, and that the trial court erred in striking…
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