Legal Opinion
Russel William Burket v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2000No. 99-7PublishedCited by 290 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dismissed by published opinion. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ joined.
OPINION
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge
On January 19, 1994, in the Circuit Court for Virginia Beach, Virginia, Russel William Burket (Burket) pled guilty to, inter alia, capital murder, see Va.Code Ann. § 18.2-31. For that crime, the state trial court sentenced him to death. After exhausting his state remedies, Burket filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, see 28 U.S.C. § 2254, 1 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which…
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