Legal Opinion
Charles Sylvester Stamper v. Raymond A. Muncie, Warden, Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1991No. 90-4008PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Charles Sylvester Stamper was tried and convicted on three counts of capital murder and four associated felony counts in Henri-co County, Virginia on November 17, 1978. He was sentenced to death on each of the capital murder convictions and to a term of life imprisonment plus three years on the other charges.
Upon automatic appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court, the conviction and the imposition of the death penalty were affirmed. Subsequently, the United States Supreme Court denied Stamper’s petition for a writ of certiorari.
There then began a series of…
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