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TOWNES v. ANGELONE

No. 96-2.

73 F.3d 545 (1996)

Richard TOWNES, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONE, Director, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Robert Lee, Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.

Robert Quentin Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

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

PER CURIAM:

Richard Townes is sentenced to death and is scheduled to be executed tonight at 9:00 p.m. for his 1986 murder of Virginia Goebel. Yesterday, January 22, 1996, Townes filed this appeal from the order of the district court dated January 17, 1996, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging a separate 1976 robbery conviction which was presented to the jury at his murder trial as evidence of his future dangerousness. In essence, Townes' challenge...

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