Legal Opinion
Willie Brown, Jr. v. R.C. Lee, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 14, 2003No. 02-11PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dismissed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Traxler wrote the opinion, in which Judge Luttig and Judge Michael joined.
OPINION
TRAXLER, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Willie Brown, Jr., filed a petition for habeas relief in the district court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp.2002), challenging a sentence of death imposed after his conviction in North Carolina for the armed robbery and murder of Vallerie Ann Roberson Dixon. Brown asserts that his death sentence is constitutionally infirm because the state trial court instructed the jury that unanimity was…
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