Legal Opinion
Cardwell v. Netherland
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 1, 1997No. Civil Action 96-1516-AMPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POST-CONVICTION PROCEEDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
The matter comes before the Court on a petition by Kevin DeWayne Cardwell (“Card-well”) for relief from the sentence of death imposed on him by the Commonwealth of Virginia, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons that follow, Cardwell’s petition must be dismissed.
I. 1
Kevin DeWayne Cardwell robbed and murdered Anthony Brown on November 20, 1991. Brown, a fifteen year-old boy from New York City, had traveled by bus from New York to Richmond on November 20 carrying drugs strapped to the inside of his thigh. Tina Poindexter…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Duncan v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Sawyer v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Valdez v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Dell v. StraubDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2002
- Kevin Dewayne Cardwell v. Fred W. Greene, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- Millender v. AdamsDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2002
- Johnson v. HofbauerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2001
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