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Clark v. Pennsylvania

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided December 27, 1989No. 89-1499PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

James Clark, a state prisoner presently incarcerated at Graterford State Prison, filed three separate petitions seeking federal habeas corpus relief. Two of the petitions, concerning 1974 convictions for which Clark has completed serving his sentences, fail to meet the threshold jurisdictional requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c), 2254(a) (1948) that a petitioner be in custody for the allegedly defective conviction presented for scrutiny.1 Our review is thus limited to the third petition filed by Clark regarding a 1979 conviction for which he…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Walter Washington Young v. Donald T. Vaughn the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania the District Attorney for Philadelphia CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
  2. Willie Gene Gamble v. Michael Parsons, Warden, and Attorney General, State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
  3. In Re ColletteSupreme Court of Vermont · 2008
  4. James Edward Lowery v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  5. Clark, James v. Commonwealth Of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990

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