Cross v. Gilmore

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T. S. Ellis, III, United States District Judge

Petitioner Lantz Cross, a Virginia state inmate who pled guilty to electronic solicitation of a minor in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-374.3, has filed, by counsel, an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner contends that he is in state custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States because (i) his conviction stems, in part, from evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment and (ii) his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective under the Sixth Amendment because…