Legal Opinion
Bauberger v. Haynes
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 11, 2011No. 09-8111PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
William Thomas Bauberger was convicted of second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury after he drove his car the wrong way down an exit ramp, killing one person and wounding another. Bauberger unsuccessfully challenged his murder conviction in state court after learning that the jurors read dictionary definitions of several words in the judge’s instructions.
Bauberger then sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that the jurors’ dictionary use violated his federal constitutional rights and prejudiced his…
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