Legal Opinion
Yeatts v. Murray
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 3, 1995No. Record 940635PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
Ronald Dale Yeatts was convicted of the capital murder and robbery of Ruby Meeks Dodson in the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County and sentenced to death. We affirmed the judgment of the circuit court in Yeatts v. Commonwealth, 242 Va. 121, 410 S.E.2d 254 (1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 946 (1992).
Yeatts filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court against Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, asserting several claims of constitutional violations. Yeatts alleged, among other things, that his trial counsel were ineffective for numerous reasons.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Barr v. Town & Country Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Turner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Ronald Dale Yeatts v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Brandon Wayne Hedrick v. William Page True, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- Carroll v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2010
- Dennis Wayne Eaton v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
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