Legal Opinion
Mackall v. Murray
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1997No. 95-4018PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Senior Judge BUTZNER joined.
OPINION
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
Virginia death-row inmate Tony Albert Mackall petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming among other things that his trial counsel had been ineffective. The district court held that Mackall had defaulted that issue by failing to raise it in his first state habeas petition. Mackall appeals, arguing that his representation in the first state habeas proceeding also was ineffective.…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sean Richard Sellers v. Ronald Ward, Warden of the Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Mackall v. AngeloneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Satcher v. PruettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- John D. Arnold v. Parker Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General, State of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- MacKall v. MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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