CARDWELL v. GREENE

No. 97-20.

152 F.3d 331 (1998)

Kevin Dewayne CARDWELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Fred W. GREENE, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dennis William Dohnal, Brenner, Dohnal, Evans & Yoffy, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Robert Quentin Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mark L. Earley, Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Kevin DeWayne Cardwell appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appeal presents three questions. First, we are called upon to determine whether the district court erred in denying Cardwell an evidentiary hearing on his claim of ineffective assistance of...

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