Legal Opinion
Keeten v. Garrison
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1984No. Nos. 84-6139 to 84-6141PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
The State of North Carolina appeals from an order of the district court issuing writs of habeas corpus on behalf of Charles Bruce Keeten, Bernard Avery, and Larry Darnell Williams, and granting Williams’ claim for relief from his death sentence. We conclude that the district court erred in issuing the writs and in granting Williams relief and, therefore, reverse.
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In 1968, the Supreme Court held that a venireman in a capital case may be excluded for cause if he is unwilling “to consider all of the penalties provided by state law.” Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by63 opinions
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