United States Third Circuit

The district court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed, where: 1) certain statements by the prosecutor did not constitute a denial of due process; 2) the prosecutor's comments about the defendant's post-arrest silence did not violate his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination; and 3) the trial court's decision to admit a deceased witness's testimony from the defendant's original trial did not violate the defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause by depriving him of an adequate cross-examination of the witness.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/17/2012
• Published 05/17/2012

Judges

• Greenaway, Jr.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce P. Merenstein, Marilyn F. Murray