Legal Opinion
Walter Mickens, Jr. v. John B. Taylor, Warden, Sussex I State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 14, 2000No. 00-4PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ joined. Judge WIDENER wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:
In 1993 a jury in Virginia state court convicted Walter Mickens of capital murder, and he was sentenced to death. Mickens’ federal habeas counsel discovered something by chance that Mickens did not know: Mickens’ lead counsel in his murder case was representing the murder victim on criminal charges at the time of the victim’s death. The state judge who appointed counsel for Mickens knew or should have known…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Walter Mickens, Jr. v. John B. Taylor, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Catala v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Chandler v. FrenchDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2003
- Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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