Legal Opinion
Thomas Lee Royal, Jr. v. John B. Taylor, Warden, Sussex I State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1999No. 99-3PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge MICHAEL joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Lee Royal Jr. pled guilty to murdering Officer Kenneth Wallace, a Virginia policeman. The state court sentenced him to death. After exhausting his state remedies, Royal filed a petition for federal habeas relief, which the district court dismissed. We affirm.
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On February 21, 1994, after drinking and smoking marijuana, Royal, Yancy Mitchener, Willie Cardell Sanders, and El-dred Acklin gathered in the parking lot of a shopping center in…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by105 opinions
- Russel William Burket v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Walter Mickens, Jr. v. John B. Taylor, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Archuleta v. GaletkaUtah Supreme Court · 2011
- Wolfe v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- Sparrow v. Director, Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2006
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