Legal Opinion
Cristin v. Brennan
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 27, 2002No. 00-1541PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
We review the grant of a writ of habeas corpus to Martin Cristin by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.1 The appellants are Edward Brennan, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Albion, Pennsylvania, the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the District Attorney for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (collectively, the “Commonwealth”). The Commonwealth alleges that the District Court violated 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2) by granting Cristin an eviden-tiary hearing on the preliminary…
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3Cited by110 opinions
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