Legal Opinion
Darick Demorris Walker v. Page True, Warden, Sussex I State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2005No. 04-22PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Darick Demorris Walker was convicted by a jury of capital murder and sentenced to death in a Virginia state court. In his federal habeas petition, he challenges his death sentence on the grounds that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate evidence of the mitigating factor of mental incapacity due to organic brain dysfunction or mental retardation. We granted a certificate of appealability…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ernest Sutton Bell v. Mack Jarvis Robert SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Walker v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- Maynard v. BooneCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- Marcus Reymond Robinson v. Marvin L. Polk, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- Yarbrough v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2008
- Bell v. TrueDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 2006
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