Legal Opinion
Walter Mickens, Jr. v. John B. Taylor, Warden, Sussex I State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 16, 2001No. 00-4PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judges WILKINS, NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER joined. Judge MICHAEL wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge KING joined.
OPINION
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
In 1993 a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News, Virginia convicted Walter Mickens (Mickens) of the capital murder of Timothy Hall (Hall). Mickens was sentenced to death. Mick-ens’ federal habeas attorney later discovered during the preparation of Mickens’ federal habeas corpus petition that…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by146 opinions
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