Legal Opinion
Walker v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 21, 1983No. Record 811936; Record 812038PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, C.J.
Michael Randolph Walker is here on two appeals, one a belated direct appeal from his April 19, 1974 conviction and life sentence for first degree murder (Record No. 812038), and the other a regular appeal from a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the court below on December 15, 1980 (Record No. 811936). We consolidated the two cases for argument; they present the single question whether Walker was denied effective assistance of counsel in his criminal trial because of his court-appointed attorney’s failure to raise insanity and intoxication defenses.
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