United States Third Circuit

Denial of defendant's application for release following an earlier conditional grant of habeas relief is affirmed where the district court complied with the circuit court's prior mandate and properly exercised its discretion in excusing a brief delay in the Pennsylvania state court system.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/28/2007
• Decided 08/29/2007
• Published 08/29/2007

Judges

• Before SMITH, GREENBERG, Circuit Judges and POLLAK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark A. Berman (argued), Hartman, Doherty, Rosa & Berman, Hackensack, NJ, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Richard A. Sheetz, Jr., Executive Deputy Attorney General, Amy Zapp, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Christopher D. Carusone, Senior Deputy Attorney General (argued), Office of Attorney General, Capital Litigation Unit, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee.