United States Third Circuit

Denial of petition for habeas relief is affirmed where: 1) the Pennsylvania Superior Court did not contradict or apply in an unreasonable fashion to plaintiff's case the U.S. Supreme Court's double jeopardy principles; 2) the lower courts did not make an evidentiary insufficiency ruling in overturning the first conviction on corpus delicti grounds; and 3) the double jeopardy rulings did not infringe the deferential standards governing a habeas challenge to a state court conviction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/27/2009
• Decided 04/01/2009
• Published 04/01/2009

Judges

• Before:  SMITH and COWEN, Circuit Judges and THOMPSON , District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew J. Zeigler, Esq. (Argued), Williamsport, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory A. Jackson, Esq. (Argued), Robert B. Stewart, III, Esq., Office of District Attorney, George N. Zanic, Esq., Huntingdon County Office of District Attorney, Huntingdon, PA, for Appellee Franklin Tennis.