U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1988

Steven E. Smith v. State of Maryland

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided April 15, 1988

846 F.2d 74; 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 4966; 1988 WL 33805 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion

846 F.2d 74
Unpublished Disposition

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Steven E. SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
STATE OF MARYLAND, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 87-7736.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted Nov. 30, 1987.
Decided April 15, 1988.

Steven E. Smith, appellant pro se.

Richard Bruce Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before WIDENER, CHAPMAN, and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

A review of the record and the district court's opinion discloses that an appeal from its order refusing habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 would be without merit. Because the dispositive issues recently have been decided authoritatively, we deny the appointment of counsel, deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal, dispense with oral argument, and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Smith v. State of Maryland, C/A No. 87-953-JFM (D.Md. Oct. 9, 1987).

DISMISSED.

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