WILSON v. PROCUNIER

No. 83-6658.

747 F.2d 251 (1984)

Charles E. WILSON, Appellant, v. Raymond K. PROCUNIER, Director, Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1984.

Certiorari Denied February 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Nexsen, Norfolk, Va. (Stackhouse, Rowe & Smith, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Robert Q. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER, SPROUSE and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied February 19, 1985. See 105 S.Ct. 1206.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

In 1972 Charles Edward Wilson was tried in the Circuit Court of Fauquier Co., Virginia and convicted of rape and also murder in the first degree. A confession made by Wilson was introduced at trial in which he admitted raping and beating the victim. He did not know, however, that he had killed her because he thought, according to the...

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