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WOOD v. ZAHRADNICK

No. 77-1627.

578 F.2d 980 (1978)

Cecil WOOD, Jr., Appellee, v. Superintendent Robert F. ZAHRADNICK, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim L. Chin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

John D. Grad, Alexandria, Va. (Gregory E. Stambaugh, Philip Hirschkop & Associates, Ltd., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, WINTER, Circuit Judge, and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

The Commonwealth of Virginia has appealed from an order of the district court granting a writ of habeas corpus to a prisoner convicted of rape and related offenses, upon whom a death sentence was imposed, later reduced to life imprisonment. See Wood v. Commonwealth, 213 Va. 346, 192 S.E.2d 808 (1973). The district court found that Wood's lawyer's performance was so...

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