Legal Opinion
Goins v. Angelone
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 10, 1999No. Civ.A. 97-1406-APublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
Petitioner Christopher Goins was convicted of capital murder in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond on June 13, 1995. A month later, he was sentenced to death for this crime. His direct appeal and collateral attacks in state court having failed, Goins now petitions for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal forum. The matter is before the Court on respondent’s motion to dismiss, which, for the reasons set forth here, must be granted.
I. Facts 1
Petitioner Christopher Goins and his friend Barry Scott arrived at the Richmond, Virginia, apartment of…
2Cases cited95 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. Chadrick Evan FulksCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- Christopher C. Goins v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Orbe v. TrueDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2002
- Parker v. TurpinDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1999
- Call v. PolkDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 2006
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