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- Title: Crouch v. Murray
- Author : Fourth Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 24, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 47 KB
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Per Curiam: Joseph E. Crouch appeals the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) petition and his motion for reconsideration. Our review of the record and the district court's opinion discloses that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal. Although the district court dismissed Crouch's petition and denied his motion for reconsideration because it found he had not properly exhausted his claims in state court as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) (1988), the record contains evidence that Crouch had properly exhausted his claims. Nonetheless, we find Crouch's claims meritless and dismiss the appeal because Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-151(B1) (Michie Cum. Supp. 1994)* was not applied to him retroactively. Therefore, there was no ex post facto violation.
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