Legal Opinion
Melvin E. Wilkerson v. Edward Klem Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 28, 2005No. 03-2842PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.
In this habeas corpus proceeding brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Appellant Wilkerson claims that the state trial court wrongfully deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The District Court considered whether the state court’s decision rejecting that claim was contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, Supreme Court precedent and concluded that it was not. We agree and will affirm.
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Wilkerson was charged in a Pennsylvania court with retail theft and robbery of a motor vehicle. At a March 16, 1998, hearing, he informed the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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