Legal Opinion
Coombs v. DiGuglielmo
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 30, 2010No. 08-1945PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEE, Chief Judge.
Wayne Coombs appeals from the district court’s denial of the habeas corpus petition he filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c)(3) and 2254. He argues that the prosecutor exercised his peremptory challenges in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). For the reasons set forth below, we will remand this matter to the district court for an evidentiary hearing on Coombs’ Batson challenge.
I. Factual Background
On February 22, 2000, Coombs was arrested for a string of robberies that took place in Philadelphia from the fall of 1999…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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