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Powell v. Kelly

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided January 11, 2008No. 1:07cv59PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

Petitioner Paul Warner Powell’s petition for habeas corpus relief encompasses two capital murder trials on two different indictments. Powell was first convicted of capital murder in the Circuit Court for Prince William County in 2000, and was thereafter sentenced to death. The Supreme Court of Virginia vacated the conviction and remanded, limiting retrial on the specific charged offense to non-capital murder. Apparently flush with his success, Powell rashly wrote a letter to the Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney, mocking the…

2Cases cited107 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BaumhammersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Robert Jones, Jr. v. Charles RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  3. Powell v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
  4. Winston v. KellyDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 2008
  5. Atkins v. Commonwealth of VirginiaDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2023

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