Legal Opinion
DeCastro v. Branker
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2011No. 10-0005PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge WILKINSON concurred.
OPINION
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Eugene Tyrone DeCastro seeks habeas relief from his capital sentence for slaying Leon and Margaret Batten. Petitioner argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the State of North Carolina violated his Eighth Amendment and due process rights by presenting to the jury evidence and argument that contradicted those presented in the trials of his co-defendants. A state court denied Petitioner habeas relief, and the…
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- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by34 opinions
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