United States Third Circuit

Where petitioner failed to assert federal Constitutional reasons for inadmissibility of evidence, he has waived the issue for habeas purposes, and where evidence would have been admitted even if counsel had objected, the failure to object is not ineffective counsel.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/02/2000
• Decided 05/15/2001
• Published 05/15/2001

Judges

• Before ALITO, ROTH, and AMBRO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carmen C. Nasuti (Argued), Susan J. Bruno, Nasuti & Miller, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald R. Totaro, District Attorney, K. Kenneth Brown, II, Assistant District Attorney (Argued), Lancaster, PA, Attorneys for Appellees.