Earl Clanton, Jr. v. Raymond Muncy, Warden Edward Murray, Director, Department of Corrections Attorney General of the State of Virginia

Before the Court is the Commonwealth of Virginia’s motion to vacate a stay of execution entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The stay was entered on the basis of a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Earl Clanton, Jr., who challenges a death sentence scheduled to be carried out in his case. Having reviewed the record in this expedited appeal and heard oral argument, we now grant the Commonwealth’s motion and vacate the stay.

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In the seven years that have elapsed since a jury convicted Earl Clanton, Jr. of the capital murder of Wilhelmina…