Legal Opinion
Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1999No. 98-21PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Application for a certificate of appealability denied and petition dismissed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judge HAMILTON joined.
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
On October 21, 1993, a Commonwealth of Virginia jury convicted Lonnie Weeks, Jr., of the capital murder of Virginia State Trooper Jose Cavazos. Following the jury’s determination that Weeks’s conduct satisfied the “vileness” aggravating factor, the trial court sentenced Weeks to death. After exhausting all available state remedies, Weeks petitioned the United States District…
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