Legal Opinion
Arthur Martin Boyd, Jr. v. James B. French, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina Michael F. Easley, Attorney General of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1998No. 97-23PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINS wrote the opinion, in which Judge ERVIN joined. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote a concurring opinion.
OPINION
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Arthur Martin Boyd, Jr. filed this petition for habeas corpus relief1 from his North Carolina capital conviction and death sentence for the murder of his former girlfriend, 32-year-old Wanda Mae Phillips Hartman. See 28 U.S.C.Ai § 2254 (West 1994).2 The district court denied the peti- ■ tion, holding inter alia that the state trial court committed harmless error in failing to permit Boyd to present mitigating expert…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by67 opinions
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- Bond v. BeardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- United States v. RoaneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- Michael Lee Fullwood v. R.C. Lee, Warden of Central Prison, Raleigh, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette, United States of America v. Aquilia Marcivicci BarnetteCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
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