Legal Opinion
George Cale Buckner v. Marvin Polk, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2006No. 05-14PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge SHEDD joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
DUNCAN, Circuit Judge.
George “Cale” Buckner petitions this court for review of the district court’s denial of his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for relief from his North Carolina first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
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On February 19, 1992, in Gaston County, North Carolina, Buckner’s friends Dennis Eason and Anthony Cathcart drove Buckner and another friend,…
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