United States Third Circuit

District court's denial of habeas writ is affirmed where the failure of the trial court to give a Carter instruction upon request is a trial error amenable to harmless error analysis and the error was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/03/2003
• Decided 11/03/2003
• Published 11/03/2003

Judges

• Before ALITO, ROTH and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Annette Verdesco (Argued), Pope, Bergrin & Verdesco, Newark, NJ, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Russell J. Curley (Argued), Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Division of Criminal Justice, Richard J. HughesJustice Complex, Trenton, NJ, for Appellees.