Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Branker
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 30, 2009No. 08-14PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Davy Gene Stephens appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which challenges his three North Carolina murder convictions and death sentences, as well as three related felony convictions and sentences. Although it denied habeas corpus relief, the district court awarded a certificate of appealability (the “COA”) on Stephens’s claim that the conflicting interests of his trial counsel contravened his Sixth Amendment right to effective representation. As explained below, we affirm.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Harris v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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