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COLEMAN v. THOMPSON

No. 89-4002.

895 F.2d 139 (1990)

Roger K. COLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles THOMPSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Joel Goldstein (John H. Hall, Marianne Consentino, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, on brief), for petitioner-appellant.

Donald Richard Curry, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge, BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge, and MERHIGE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied February 27, 1990.

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Roger Keith Coleman, a Virginia prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court concluded that Coleman's claims were procedurally defaulted. We affirm.

Coleman was convicted on March 18, 1982, in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Virginia, of rape and capital murder. The opinion...

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