WRIGHT v. ANGELONE

No. 97-32.

151 F.3d 151 (1998)

Dwayne Allen WRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Douglas Fredericks, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Robert Quentin Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Richard Ernest John Slaney, Wolcott, Rivers, Wheary, Basnight & Kelly, P.C., Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellant. Mark L. Earley, Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL joined.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Dwayne Allen Wright was found guilty by a Virginia jury of (1) the murder of Saba Tekle during the commission of a robbery, (2) robbery, (3) use of a firearm during a robbery, (4) murder subsequent to attempted rape, and (5) attempted rape. The jury subsequently recommended that Wright be sentenced to death based upon his future dangerousness...

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