U.S. District Court Judge Samuel G

U.S. District Court Judge Samuel G. Wilson approved Brandon Wayne Hedrick's request for a stay a day before Hedrick was to be executed. Hedrick now has 90 days to file a petition for a habeas corpus review in federal court. Hedrick's attorney, Robert Lee, said his client could appeal on grounds he received inadequate representation at trial. Hedrick was sentenced to death in 1998 after being convicted of abducting, raping and shooting 23-year-old Lisa Alexander Crider. In March 2001, the Virginia Supreme Court ordered a habeas corpus review of Hedrick's case in Appomattox County. Appomattox Circuit Court Judge Richard S. Blanton ruled in October 2001 that Hedrick had received adequate legal representation and did not deserve a new trial.