Legal Opinion
Nevin G. Sweger, Jr. v. Joseph W. Chesney District Attorney of the County of Cumberland Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 27, 2002No. 00-3174PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Nevin G. Sweger, Jr. appeals from the District Court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A Pennsylvania jury convicted Sweger in May 1984 of the first-degree murder of his wife, and the state court sentenced him to life imprisonment. Sweger then embarked on a lengthy and tortuous post-conviction review process, which included a direct appeal, two post-conviction relief petitions filed in state court, and a federal habeas application. In his federal petition, Sweger asserts numerous claims of error relating to his trial…
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