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LEWIS v. WHEELER

No. 09-4.

609 F.3d 291 (2010)

Teresa Wilson LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Barbara J. WHEELER, Warden, Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Elmer Rocap, III, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Katherine Baldwin Burnett, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michele J. Brace, Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. William C. Mims, Attorney General, Jerry P. Slonaker, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Chief Judge:

Teresa Wilson Lewis ("Lewis") pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, Virginia to two counts of capital murder for hire, and related charges of conspiracy to commit capital murder, robbery, and use of a firearm, arising out of the murders of her husband, Julian Clifton Lewis, Jr. ("Julian"), and stepson, Charles J. Lewis ("C.J."). She was sentenced to death for each conviction of capital murder for hire,...

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