Legal Opinion
Larry Darnell Williams v. James B. French, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina Michael F. Easley, Attorney General of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1998No. 97-19PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge BUTZNER and Judge MOON joined.
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge:
Following a jury trial in the Superior Court for Gaston County, North Carolina, Larry Darnell Williams was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Eric Joines. He now appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 We affirm.
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On the early morning of June 3,1979, Eric Joines was robbed and shot in the back of his head at close range with a .20 gauge sawed-off shotgun. At the time he was…
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3Cited by51 opinions
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