MOORE v. STIRLING

No. 18-4.

952 F.3d 174 (2020)

Richard Bernard MOORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bryan P. STIRLING, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections; Willie Davis, Warden of Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lindsey S. Vann , JUSTICE 360, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. William Edgar Salter, III , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Christopher W. Adams , ADAMS & BISCHOFF, P.C., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Alan Wilson , Attorney General, Donald J. Zelenka , Deputy Attorney General, Melody J. Brown , Senior Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judges Wilkinson and Wynn joined.


This is a habeas appeal. In 2001, a South Carolina jury convicted Richard Bernard Moore of murder, armed robbery, assault with intent to kill, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He received a death sentence, which the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld on direct appeal. After an extensive...

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