Legal Opinion
DeLong v. Thompson
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 11, 1991No. Civ. A. 3:91CV00158PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SPENCER, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner, a Virginia state prisoner, challenges a conviction in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond of capital murder for killing a police officer. Jurisdiction is appropriate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
On March 27, 1991, this Court entered an order whereby petitioner’s application for a stay of execution was provisionally denied. Thereafter, the Court received and reviewed both the respondent’s motion to dismiss and petitioner’s…
2Cases cited54 opinions
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- 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
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. UderraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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- Bell v. TrueDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 2005
- Harris v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
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