Brown v. Clarke

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION GARY WAYNE BROWN, ) Petitioner, ) Civil Action No. 7:21cv00302 ) v. ) ) By: Elizabeth K. Dillon HAROLD W. CLARKE, DIRECTOR, ) United States District Judge Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Gary Wayne Brown, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his Smyth County Circuit Court convictions for first-degree murder, abduction, conspiracy to commit abduction, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, for which he…