Legal Opinion
Vernon Lee Evans, Jr. v. Willie Smith, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Maryland
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2000No. 99-22PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed and dismissed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge WILLIAMS joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
Appellant Vernon Lee Evans was convicted and sentenced to death by Maryland juries for the contract murders of David Scott Piechowicz and Susan Kennedy. Evans now raises a number of claims in asking the federal courts to vacate his conviction and/or sentence. Finding no .merit in these claims, we affirm the district court’s denial of Evans’ initial petition for habeas corpus. We also hold that Evans’ claim under Brady v. Maryland,…
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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