WASHINGTON v. MURRAY

No. 92-4008.

4 F.3d 1285 (1993)

Earl WASHINGTON, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward W. MURRAY, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; Charles E. Thompson, Warden, Mecklenburg State Correctional Facility, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY, argued (Gerald T. Zerkin, Gerald T. Zerkin & Associates, Richmond, VA, Robert T. Hall, Hall, Markle, Sickels & Fudala, P.C., Fairfax, VA, on the brief), for petitioner-appellant.

John H. McLees, Jr., Office of the Atty. Gen., Richmond, VA, argued (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondents-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This habeas case appears before us for the second time. In Washington v. Murray, 952 F.2d 1472 (4th Cir.1991) (Washington I), we remanded for an evidentiary hearing on the sole issue of whether petitioner received ineffective assistance from his trial counsel because of counsel's failure to investigate and present certain forensic evidence. The district court conducted a hearing...

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