Legal Opinion
Saranchak v. Beard
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 3, 2010No. 08-9000PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
After fatally shooting his grandmother and uncle, Daniel Saranchak (“Saranchak”) was quickly arrested and later convicted of first degree murder in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was then sentenced to death. Saranchak took a direct appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which affirmed the conviction and sentence. After being denied collateral relief in the Pennsylvania state court system, he sought a writ of habeas corpus in the federal system. The District Court granted his petition in part, reaching issues related only to the…
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