BAKER v. CORCORAN

No. 99-24.

220 F.3d 276 (2000)

Wesley Eugene BAKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas R. CORCORAN, Warden of the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center; J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gary Wilmer Christopher, Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Ann Norman Bosse, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland; William B. Purpura, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WILKINS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

Wesley Eugene Baker appeals an order of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus,1 in which he challenged his convictions and death sentence for the murder of Jane Tyson. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 2000).2 The State cross-appeals an order of the district court denying its motion to dismiss Baker's petition as...

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