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LENZ v. WASHINGTON

No. 05-16.

444 F.3d 295 (2006)

Michael William LENZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gerald K. WASHINGTON, Acting Warden, Sussex I State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jennifer Leigh Givens, Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Bain Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James C. Turk, Jr., Stone, Harrison & Turk, P.C., Radford, Virginia, for Appellant. Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney General of Virginia, Jerry P. Slonaker, Senior Assistant Attorney General & Chief, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

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

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINS and Judge LUTTIG joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge.

Michael Lenz was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a fellow inmate at a Virginia state correctional facility. His guilt is not in dispute. He now appeals the district court's denial of his federal habeas petition, seeking review of four alleged constitutional...

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