Legal Opinion
Joe Louis Wise, Sr. v. David Williams Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1992No. 92-4007PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Joe Louis Wise, Sr., appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
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On November 8, 1984, Wise was convicted in the Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Circuit Court of capital murder, grand larceny, armed robbery, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. On November 9, 1984, the jury found his conduct “outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved aggravated battery to the victim, beyond the minimum necessary to…
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