Legal Opinion
Gregory Warren Beaver v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1996No. 95-4003PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG joined. Judge HALL wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
Gregory Warren Beaver appeals the. district court’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus for his claims of conflict of interest of one of his attorneys and also otherwise ineffective assistance of counsel which includes a claim of an invalid guilty plea. He also asserts that the district court erred in denying him an evidentiary hearing and that Virginia’s capital murder statute is unconstitutional. We affirm.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by91 opinions
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- Ronald Lee Fitzgerald v. Fred W. Greene, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- Keel v. FrenchCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- Sherman Elwood Skipper v. James B. French, Warden of Central PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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