U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1987

James Ivory Lawrence v. John E. Brown, Warden Maryland Correctional Institution

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided November 30, 1987

835 F.2d 874; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 15596; 1987 WL 24523 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion

835 F.2d 874
Unpublished Disposition

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James Ivory LAWRENCE, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
John E. BROWN, Warden Maryland Correctional Institution,
Respondent-Appellee.

No. 87-7176.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted Oct. 28, 1987.
Decided Nov. 30, 1987.

James Ivory Lawrence, appellant pro se.

Before K.K. HALL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

A review of the record and the district court's opinion discloses that this appeal from its order refusing habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 is without merit. Lawrence's convictions had become final before the Supreme Court's decision in Batson v. Kentucky, 54 U.S.L.W. 4425 (U.S. Apr. 30, 1986) (No. 84-6263). Therefore, the more recent decision in Griffith v. Kentucky, 55 U.S.L.W. 4089 (U.S. Jan. 13, 1987) (No. 85-5221), does not constitute an intervening change of law which would warrant reconsideration of the claim he raised in his first federal habeas corpus petition. Sanders v. United States, 373 U.S. 1 (1963). Because the dispositive issues recently have been decided authoritatively, we dispense with oral argument and affirm the judgment below on the reasoning of the district court. Lawrence v. Brown, C/A No. 87-1008-JH (D.Md. May 8, 1987).

AFFIRMED.

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