Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. Gilmore
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1998No. 98-6380PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Douglas McArthur Buchanan, Jr., is currently incarcerated under sentence of death in the Commonwealth of Virginia. After the Supreme Court denied Buchanan relief, Buchanan v. Angelone, — U.S. -, 118 S.Ct. 757, 139 L.Ed.2d 702 (1998) (No. 96-8400), his execution was scheduled for March 18, 1998. On March 13, 1998, Buchanan filed a petition in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against James S. Gilmore, III, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, in his individual and official capacities, and Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Buchanan v. AngeloneSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Edward Charles Pickens v. Jim Guy Tucker, Governor of the State of Arkansas Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Pickens v. TuckerDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1994
4Cited by1 opinion
- Buchanan v. GilmoreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998