Legal Opinion
Clanton v. Bair
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1987No. Nos. 86-4002 to 86-4004PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:
Clanton, a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia under a sentence of death for capital murder, sought a federal writ of habeas corpus. There were many allegations of deficiencies in the representation provided by his trial lawyer. The district court rejected most of them facially, but conducted a hearing with respect to two of them. It then granted the writ upon the ground of inadequate preparation of the trial lawyer for the sentencing phase of the trial. 638 F.Supp. 1090. The specific finding was that the lawyer had failed to *1355insist upon a psychiatric…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Burger v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Clozza v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
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3Cited by24 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Daniel v. LegurskyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
- Herman Charles Barnes v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden, Herman Charles Barnes v. Charles E. Thompson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- State v. McDowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
- Earl Clanton, Jr. v. Raymond Muncy, Warden Edward Murray, Director, Department of Corrections Attorney General of the State of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Walter Scot BoigegrainCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
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