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WILLIAMS v. STIRLING

No. 18-2.

914 F.3d 302 (2019)

Charles Christopher WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Bryan P. STIRLING, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections; Willie D. Davis, Warden of Kirkland Correctional Institution, Respondents-Appellants, and Joseph McFadden, Warden of Lieber Correctional Institution, Respondent. Federal Republic of Germany, Amicus Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 28, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Melody Jane Brown , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants. Seth C. Farber , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee. Alice Tsier , WHITE & CASE LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae. ON BRIEF: Alan Wilson , Attorney General, Donald J. Zelenka , Deputy Attorney General, Alphonso Simon Jr. , Senior Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants. William Harry Ehlies, II , Greenville, South Carolina; Teresa L. Norris , Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee. Owen C. Pell , Amity Boye , WHITE & CASE LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Diaz joined.

After shooting and killing his former girlfriend, Charles Christopher Williams was convicted by a South Carolina jury of kidnapping, murder, and possession of a firearm during a violent crime. He was sentenced to death for the murder. After exhausting state remedies, Williams petitioned the United States District Court for the...

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