Legal Opinion
David Lawson v. Gary Dixon, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1993No. 92-4003, 92-4004PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
These consolidated appeals arise from the district court’s dismissal of David Lawson’s petition for the writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and concomitant denial of his motion for relief from judgment, Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b). Finding no merit in Lawson’s five assignments of error to the judgments below, we affirm.
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A detailed recitation of the facts surrounding the crimes of which Lawson was convicted may be found in the opinion of the Supreme Court of North Carolina on direct appeal. See State v. Lawson, 310 N.C. 632, 634-38, 314 S.E.2d 493, 495-96 (1984). The…
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