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BUTLER v. McKELLAR

No. 88-6677.

494 U.S. 407 (1990)

BUTLER v. McKELLAR, WARDEN, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Blume, by appointment of the Court, 490 U.S. 1079, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were David I. Bruck and Dale T. Cobb, Jr.

Donald J. Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General of South Carolina, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General, pro se.

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Horace Butler was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Pamela Lane. After his conviction became final on direct appeal, Butler collaterally attacked his conviction by way of a petition for federal habeas corpus. Butler relied on our decision in Arizona v. Roberson, 486 U.S. 675 (1988), decided...

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