Legal Opinion
Paul Mazzell v. Parker Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections Travis Medlock, Attorney General, State of South Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1996No. 95-6996PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge HALL and Judge ERVIN joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
A South Carolina jury convicted Paul Maz-zell in 1983 of criminal conspiracy, conspiracy to kidnap, murder, and kidnapping. He was sentenced to life in prison. After his conviction was affirmed on direct appeal and his request for state post-conviction relief was denied, Mazzell petitioned for a writ of habe-as corpus. He contended, inter alia, that his trial counsel was ineffective under the Sixth Amendment because he failed to object…
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