Legal Opinion
Longworth v. Ozmint
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided November 3, 2003No. CIV.A. 3:02-0744-08PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BLATT, Senior District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
The Petitioner is an inmate under a sentence of death which was entered by the Court of General Sessions for Spartan-burg County on September 10, 1991. He has filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 For the reasons that follow, the petition for-writ of habeas corpus is denied.
BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
As described by the Supreme Court of South Carolina on direct appeal, see State v. Longworth, 313 S.C. 360, 438 S.E.2d 219 (1993), the underlying facts of this case are as follows:
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2Cases cited66 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Thomas v. ArnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Richard Longworth v. Jon E. Ozmint, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections Henry McMaster Attorney General, State of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- Whelchel v. BazzleDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2006
- Longworth v. OzmintCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004