Legal Opinion
Clayton Thomas v. Ben Varner the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 4, 2005No. 04-2856PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial, Clayton Thomas was convicted of the shooting death of Harry James, the owner of a speakeasy in Philadelphia. He was also convicted of crimes related to the wounding of Peter Fuller, a patron of the speakeasy. Thomas alleges that his identification by Fuller was tainted by an unconstitutionally suggestive photo array and that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move to suppress or otherwise object to Fuller’s identification at trial. After finding defense counsel’s performance deficient, the District Court issued a writ of habeas…
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