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TOWNES v. MURRAY

No. 93-4008.

68 F.3d 840 (1995)

Richard TOWNES, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward W. MURRAY, Director, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David Peter Wadyka, Hannoch Weisman, P.C., Roseland, New Jersey, for Appellant. Robert Quentin Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Office Of The Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William W. Robertson, Marshall D. Bilder, Hannoch Weisman, P.C., Roseland, New Jersey; Andrew R. Sebok, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Stephen D. Rosenthal, Attorney General of Virginia, Office Of The Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before NIEMEYER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge PHILLIPS wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER joined. Judge LUTTIG wrote an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this habeas proceeding, Richard Townes, Jr. makes several constitutional attacks on his conviction and death sentence for the murder of Virginia Goebel in 1985. His primary claims are that the trial court erred by not conducting...

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