Gary N. Fields v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge RUSSELL wrote the majority opinion, in which Judges WIDENER, WILKINSON, WILKINS, NIEMEYER, HAMILTON and WILLIAMS joined. Chief Judge ERVIN wrote a dissent,, in which Judges HALL, MURNAGHAN and MICHAEL, and Sernor Judge PHILLIPS joined.

OPINION

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Gary Fields appeals the district court’s demal of Ms habeas petition, contending that the state court that conducted his trial on sexual abuse charges unconstitutionally demed him Ms right to self-representation. A panel of this Court reversed the district court’s deMal and…