United States Third Circuit

Conviction and sentencing of defendant for first degree murder are affirmed where all challenges raised in habeas petition are without merit, including claims that: 1) counsel was ineffective; 2) the state exercised its peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory manner; and 3) accomplice liability instructions by trial court were improper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/09/2011
• Published 03/09/2011

Judges

• SMITH

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel