SAVINO v. MURRAY

No. 95-4006.

82 F.3d 593 (1996)

Joseph John SAVINO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward W. MURRAY, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gerald Thomas Zerkin, Gerald T. Zerkin & Associates, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Eugene Paul Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Melanie A. Hopper, Gerald T. Zerkin & Associates, Richmond, Virginia; Donald R. Lee, Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Virginia death row inmate Joseph John Savino, Jr., has appealed a federal district court's decision dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and denying his motion to alter or amend the judgment. Savino contends that the district court improperly found no merit in his constitutional...

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