Legal Opinion
Showers v. Beard
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 28, 2011No. 09-2185PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
Appellants — Pennsylvania Department of Correction Commissioner Jeffrey Beard, SCI-Muncy Warden Martin Dragovich, and the Northumberland District Attorney (hereinafter “Commonwealth”)— appeal the District Court’s order granting the petition for a writ of habeas corpus sought by Appellee Judy Ann Showers under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
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On March 23, 1994, a jury convicted Showers of first degree murder of her husband. Showers was represented by Michael Rudinski at the trial where it was established that the cause of her husband’s death was an orally consumed…
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- Knowles v. MirzayanceSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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