Legal Opinion
Clarence Moore v. Willis Morton, Administrator Peter G. Verniero, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 22, 2001No. 98-5429PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
Clarence Moore, who was convicted of rape and robbery and sentenced as a persistent offender to life imprisonment with twenty-five years of parole ineligibility, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The principal issue at trial was the identity of the rapist. The principal evidence was the victim’s post-hypnotic identification. The state prosecutor made certain improper arguments during jury summation which were addressed by the trial judge with curative instructions. The issue on appeal is…
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