Legal Opinion
Andrew Lavern Smith v. Michael Moore, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections Charles Condon, Attorney General, South Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1998No. 97-18PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG joined. Judge MOTZ wrote a separate opinion concurring in all of the opinion of the Court except for Part II.B.
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
On January 14, 1984, a South Carolina jury convicted Andrew Smith of the brutal murders of Christy and Corrie Johnson. Following the jury’s recommendation, the trial court sentenced Smith to death. After exhausting his state appeals, Smith petitioned the federal district court for habeas , corpus relief. See 28 U.S.C.A § 2254 (West 1994).1 The district court denied his…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by60 opinions
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