Legal Opinion
Weeks v. Angelone
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 19, 1998No. Action 2:96CV829PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND FINAL ORDER
REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.
This matter was initiated on February 7, 1997, by petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted for the capital murder of Virginia State Trooper Jose Cavazos, and was sentenced to death on January 14, 1994. 1 The petition alleges violations of federal rights pertaining to petitioner’s conviction and sentencing in the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia. Specifically, Weeks attacks the validity of his conviction and sentence on thirty-four (34) separate grounds.
The matter was…
2Cases cited89 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director of the Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Spears v. StewartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Salcedo v. ArtuzDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
- Ashmus v. CalderonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1998
- Longworth v. OzmintDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2003
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