Legal Opinion

TORRES v. KAUFFMAN

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided September 12, 2019No. 5:15-cv-02703Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOSE LUIS TORRES, Petitioner, v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:15-02703 KEVIN KAUFFMAN, et al., Respondents. ORDER Petitioner, who is proceeding pro se, seeks relief in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that his state-court conviction was imposed in violation of the United States Constitution. Petitioner is a Pennsylvania state prisoner currently serving an aggregate sentence of 12½ to 25 years after pleading guilty to multiple counts of burglary and one count each of persons not to possess firearms and resisting…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  5. United States v. Bernard Jerry, and Edgar SaundersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973

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