Legal Opinion
Joseph D. McMAHON P-7814, Appellant, v. Thomas FULCOMER, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 8, 1987No. D.C. Civil 85-176E; 86-3494PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Chief Judge:
Joseph D. McMahon appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of federal habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. McMahon sought relief from a state criminal conviction claiming that his sixth amendment right to assistance of counsel had been unconstitutionally infringed. The district court held that the appellant had presented a “mixed” petition, containing both exhausted and unexhausted claims for relief, and thus denied his petition in accordance with Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509, 102 S.Ct.…
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