Legal Opinion
United States v. Stitt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2006No. 05-10, 05-11PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge WILLIAMS joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge.
After Richard Thomas Stitt had exhausted all appeals of his convictions and sentence for three capital murders, he filed this petition for habeas relief. The district court denied Stitt’s challenges to his conviction. The court concluded, however, that Stitt’s counsel labored under an actual conflict of interest that adversely affected his representation of Stitt during the penalty phase of Stitt’s trial. For this reason the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Burger v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- United States v. Gordon R. Tatum, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Mark Dean Schwab v. James v. Crosby, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
- State v. SmithermanSupreme Court of Iowa · 2007
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- Stitt v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2007
- United States v. Richard Thomas Stitt, A/K/A Patrick v. Hardy, A/K/A Tom Tom, United States of America v. Richard Thomas Stitt, A/K/A Patrick v. Hardy, A/K/A Tom TomCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
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