Legal Opinion
Medina v. DiGuglielmo
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 2, 2005No. 2:04-cr-00128PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
Jose Medina (“Medina”) petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the following reasons, Medina’s petition is granted.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On November 12, 1992, after a jury trial before the Honorable Juanita Kidd Stout in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Medina was found guilty of first degree murder, robbery and possession of instruments of crime in connection with the October 18, 1991 death of William Bo-gan (“Bogan”) and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. 1
At trial, the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Roe v. Flores-OrtegaSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MedinaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Jose Medina v. David Diguglielmo the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
- Medina v. DiGuglielmoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006