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MORVA v. ZOOK

No. 15-1.

821 F.3d 517 (2016)

William Charles MORVA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David ZOOK, Warden, Sussex I State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 5, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jonathan P. Sheldon , Sheldon, Flood & Haywood, PLC, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellant. Alice Theresa Armstrong , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Teresa L. Norris , Blume Norris & Franklin-Best, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge WYNN and Senior Judge DAVIS joined.

William Charles Morva appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and challenges several aspects of his capital convictions and death sentence. First, Morva argues that the Virginia circuit court's refusal to appoint a prison-risk-assessment expert compels relief under the Antiterrorism...

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