Legal Opinion
Heath William Burch v. Thomas R. Corcoran, Warden J. Joseph Curran, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 28, 2001No. 01-4PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judge NIEMEYER joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge.
In 1996, a jury in Prince George’s County, Maryland, convicted appellant Heath William Burch of the double murder of Robert and Cleo Davis, and it sentenced Burch to death. Burch has unsuccessfully sought habeas corpus relief in the District of Maryland, and he requests that we reverse the district court and grant habeas corpus relief. In support of that endeavor, Burch makes the following contentions: (1) that the sentencing provisions of Maryland’s…
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