Legal Opinion
Sharpe v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 29, 2010No. 09-6206PublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Montoyae Dontae Sharpe was convicted of first degree murder in North Carolina Superior Court and sentenced to life in prison. After exhausting state post-conviction remedies, Sharpe petitioned for habeas corpus in federal court, claiming that his conviction was unconstitutional because it resulted from ineffective assistance of counsel. Although he had procedurally defaulted on this claim, the district court held that Sharpe had come forward with new evidence of “actual innocence” suffi cient to excuse his default. The district court then ruled in Sharpe’s…
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