Legal Opinion
Winston v. Kelly
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided May 16, 2011No. Civil Action 7:07CV00364PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SAMUEL G. WILSON, District Judge.
A jury in the Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg, Virginia found petitioner, Leon Jermaine Winston, guilty in June 2003 of three counts of capital murder and imposed three death sentences. Having exhausted his state court remedies, see Winston v. Commonwealth, 268 Va. 564, 604 S.E.2d 21 (2004) and Winston v. Warden of Sussex I State Prison, 2007 WL 678266 (Va. Mar. 7, 2007) (unpublished), Winston filed a habeas petition in this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 raising more than 30 claims. The court rejected all of his claims except two…
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- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by2 opinions
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