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BREARD v. PRUETT

No. 96-25.

134 F.3d 615 (1998)

Angel Francisco BREARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel V. PRUETT, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee. The Human Rights Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Gray Broaddus, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P., Richmond, VA, for Appellant. Donald Richard Curry, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Alexander H. Slaughter, Dorothy C. Young, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P., Richmond, VA; Michele J. Brace, Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Richmond, VA, for Appellant. Jeffrey L. Bleich, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before HAMILTON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS joined. Senior Judge BUTZNER wrote a concurring opinion.

OPINION

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Arlington County, Virginia, Angel Francisco Breard, a citizen of both Argentina and Paraguay, was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Ruth Dickie. He now appeals the district court's denial of his petition for...

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