Legal Opinion
Abdul-Salaam v. Beard
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 24, 2014No. 4:02-CV-2124PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOHN E. JONES III, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is a counseled petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, on *430behalf of Petitioner Seifullah Abdul-Salaam (“Petitioner” or “Abdul-Salaam”), a state inmate under sentence of death and currently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Greene (“SCI-Greene”) in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. (Doc. 8.) Abdul-Salaam is challenging his 1995 convictions and sentence in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. For the reasons set forth below, and after careful consideration of…
2Cases cited174 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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