FISHER v. LEE

No. 99-25

215 F.3d 438 (2000)

Willie Ervin FISHER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.C. LEE, Warden, Central Prison; North Carolina Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Larry I. Moore, III, Adams, Kleemeier, Hagan, Hannah & Fouts, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Valerie Blanche Spalding, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Cynthia F. Adcock, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Michael F. Easley, Attorney General of North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Before WIDENER and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and GOODWIN, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


Dismissed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge GOODWIN joined.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:

Willie Ervin Fisher appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, see 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp.2000), in which he challenges his conviction in North Carolina state court for the capital murder of Angela Johnson. Because Fisher has failed to...

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