WOLFE v. CLARKE

Nos. 11-6, 11-7.

691 F.3d 410 (2012)

Justin Michael WOLFE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Harold W. CLARKE, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant William G. Bassler; Robert C. Bundy; A. Bates Butler, III; W.J. Michael Cody; J. Joseph Curran, Jr.; Robert J. Del Tufo; W. Thomas Dillard; Conor B. Dugan; John R. Dunne; Matthew W. Friedrich; Bennett L. Gershman; John Gibbons; Isabel Gomez; Stewart Hancock; Bruce R. Jacob; Gerald Kogan; Thomas D. Lambros; David W. Ogden; Stephen M. Orlofsky; Stephanie K. Pell; H. James Pickerstein; Richard J. Pocker; Christopher S. Rhee; Jeannie S. Rhee; H. Lee Sarokin; Harry L. Shorstein; Gil M. Soffer; Thomas P. Sullivan; Richard S. Ugelow; James K. Vines; Atlee W. Wampler, III; James West; Alfred Wolin; William Yeomans, Amici Supporting Appellee. Justin Michael Wolfe, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee William G. Bassler; Robert C. Bundy; A. Bates Butler, III; W.J. Michael Cody; J. Joseph Curran, Jr.; Robert J. Del Tufo; W. Thomas Dillard; Conor B. Dugan; John R. Dunne; Matthew W. Friedrich; Bennett L. Gershman; John Gibbons; Isabel Gomez; Stewart Hancock; Bruce R. Jacob; Gerald Kogan; Thomas D. Lambros; David W. Ogden; Stephen M. Orlofsky; Stephanie K. Pell; H. James Pickerstein; Richard J. Pocker; Christopher S. Rhee; Jeannie S. Rhee; H. Lee Sarokin; Harry L. Shorstein; Gil M. Soffer; Thomas P. Sullivan; Richard S. Ugelow; James K. Vines; Atlee W. Wampler, III; James West; Alfred Wolin; William Yeomans, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Katherine Baldwin Burnett , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Ashley Charles Parrish , King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General of Virginia, Matthew P. Dullaghan , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Michele J. Brace , Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Charlottesville, Virginia; Daniel J. King , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Matthew S. Owen , King & Spalding, LLP, Houston, Texas; Jane C. Luxton , Pepper Hamilton LLP, Washington, D.C.; Matthew L. Engle , Deirdre M. Enright , The Innocence Project at UVA School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. John P. Elwood , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; Michael A. Heidler , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, Texas, for Amici Supporting Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge THACKER joined. Judge DUNCAN wrote a separate opinion dissenting in part.


KING, Circuit Judge.

This matter was previously before us on appeal by 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petitioner Justin Michael Wolfe, a Virginia prisoner who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by the Commonwealth in 2002. By our decision of May 11, 2009, see Wolfe v. Johnson, 565 F.3d 140 (4th Cir. 2009) ("Wolfe I"), we remanded for further proceedings. Specifically...

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