Legal Opinion
Lambert v. Blackwell
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 12, 2004No. 03-2282, 03-2383PublishedCited by 355 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CHERTOFF, Circuit Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.BACKGROUND.218
A. The Trial .219
1. The Commomoealth’s Case.220
2. Lambert’s Case.223
B. Procedural History.227
II.JURISDICTION AND STANDARD OF REVIEW.230
III. DISCUSSION.231
A. Exhaustion.231
B. Deference.234
C. The Merits.241
1. The Sweatpants.242
a. Knowing Use of Perjured Testimony.242
b. “Sioitching” Evidence .245
2. Evidence of Yunkin’s Location During the Murder.247
a. Knowing Use of Perjured Testimony.249
b. Suppression of Brady Material.252
3. The “29 Questions”.254
4. The Crime Scene Photographs.256
5. The Dying Declaration.259
6. The DA’s…
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