United States Third Circuit

Issuance of writ of habeas corpus directing retrial or release of defendant affirmed where defense counsel-s error in failing to move to suppress or object to the photo array identification of defendant at trial fatally undermined the reliability of the resulting verdict.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/22/2005
• Decided 11/04/2005
• Published 11/04/2005

Judges

• FUENTES, Circuit Judge., Before ROTH, FUENTES, and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Helen T. Kane (Argued), Assistant District Attorney, Thomas W. Dolgenos, Chief, Federal Litigation, Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, Arnold H. Gordon, First Assistant District Attorney, Lynne Abraham, District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel Silverman (Argued), Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.