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HOFFMAN v. LEEKE

No. 89-6785.

903 F.2d 280 (1990)

John R. HOFFMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William D. LEEKE, Commissioner, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1990.

As Amended May 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Ellard (argued), Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C. (Lane Heard, III, on brief), for petitioner-appellant.

Donald J. Zelenka, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Columbia, S.C. (T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen., Frank L. Valenta, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and HALL and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

John R. Hoffman, a South Carolina inmate, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Hoffman challenges his conviction for being an accessory before the fact to murder on the grounds that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we find that Hoffman's contention has

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