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VALENTINO v. CLARKE

No. 18-7295.

972 F.3d 560 (2020)

Kervinton VALENTINO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harold CLARKE, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 26, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bradley Rittenhouse Haywood , Arlington, Virginia, for Appellant. Katherine Quinlan Adelfio , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Victoria N. Pearson , Deputy Attorney General, Donald E. Jeffrey, III , Senior Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judge King and Judge Agee joined.

According to Virginia prosecutors, Kervinton Valentino beat, shot, and robbed a prostitute in an Alexandria hotel room. But Valentino claimed an unknown assailant sprung upon him—wounding the woman as well as Valentino himself. The trial was a proverbial swearing match: "If you believe [the victim]," the prosecution...

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