Legal Opinion
Lesko v. Owens
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 27, 1989No. 88-3333PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals the district court’s grant of a writ of habeas corpus. The question presented is whether the introduction of “other crimes” testimony deprived petitioner John Lesko of his Fourteenth Amendment right to a fair trial. We will reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for determination of other claims raised by petitioner.
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In the early hours of January 3, 1980, John Lesko, Michael Travaglia and Richard Rutherford were cruising the outskirts of the city of Pittsburgh in a stolen sports car. The trio…
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