SATTERFIELD v. ZAHRADNICK

No. 76-2447.

572 F.2d 443 (1978)

Jessie Wayne SATTERFIELD, Appellant, v. Robert F. ZAHRADNICK, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1978.

Certiorari Denied May 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall H. Bryant, II, Third Year Law Student (Michael E. Geltner, Appellate Litigation Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.

K. Marshall Cook, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen. of Va., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Jessie Wayne Satterfield was convicted in a nonjury trial of first degree murder, and sentenced to a life term. After unsuccessfully appealing to the Virginia Supreme Court and failing to obtain State post-conviction relief, he sought a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The district court denied relief, and Satterfield appeals, claiming...

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