No new hearing for ‘Norfolk 4’ member

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 15, 2012
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, Eric C. Wilson, Gov. Tim Kaine, hearing, Michelle Moore-Bosko, norfolk 4, Norfolk Four, sailor, sex-offender registration laws

RICHMOND, Va. — One of the four sailors who allege police intimidated them into falsely confessing to a 1997 rape and slaying cannot get a federal court hearing on his innocence claim because he has served his prison sentence and is no longer in custody, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. A divided three-judge panel of [...]

3 of ‘Norfolk 4’ pursue appeal

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 31, 2011
Tags: appeal, convictions, court, murder, norfolk 4, rape, richmond, virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — Three former sailors convicted in a 1997 rape and murder asked the Virginia Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive an appeal that is based on the corruption convictions of the former Norfolk detective who allegedly coerced them into making false confessions. Attorneys for three members of the so-called Norfolk Four told a [...]

4th Circuit panel clears one of the ‘Norfolk 4′

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 20, 2011
Tags: 4th Circuit, 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, dna, evidence, fbi, Judge Robert King, norfolk 4, richmond, U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams, virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a judge’s decision overturning a former sailor’s rape and murder convictions in the slaying of an 18-year-old woman in Norfolk. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a defense attorney’s failure to try to suppress a confession violated [...]