Legal Opinion
David Lee Fisher v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1998No. 98-4PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dismissed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge LUTTIG joined.
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
On July 15, 1987, a Virginia jury convicted David Lee Fisher 1 of the capital murder of David Wilkey. 2 Following the jury’s determination that Fisher presented a future danger to society, the trial court sentenced Fisher to death. After exhausting all available state remedies, Fisher petitioned the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia for habeas corpus relief. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994). 3 The district court denied his…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by139 opinions
- State v. ThielWisconsin Supreme Court · 2003
- Everett Lee Mueller v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- John Lee Conaway v. Marvin Polk, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- Brandon Wayne Hedrick v. William Page True, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
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