United States Third Circuit

District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief is affirmed where: 1) defendant forfeited his right to raise a Batson claim on appeal; 2) defendant's ineffective assistance claim fails to meet the first prong of the Strickland standard; and 3) a state court reasonably applied established federal law regarding Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2010
• Published 02/05/2010

Judges

• Before AMBRO, GARTH and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary Gibbons, Esquire, Toms River, NJ, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. Bernardi, Esquire, Jennifer B. Paszkiewicz, Esquire, Burlington County Prosecutor's Office, Mount Holly, NJ, for Appellees.