Legal Opinion
Zettlemoyer v. Fulcomer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 16, 1991No. 88-5543PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Keith W. Zettlemoyer appeals to this court from an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania entered May 31, 1988, dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We will affirm the order of the district court dismissing Zettlemoyer’s petition.
I. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORY
Zettlemoyer murdered Charles DeVetsco on October 13, 1980, one week before De-Vetsco was to be a witness for the Com*288monwealth of Pennsylvania at a trial…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by217 opinions
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