Legal Opinion
Han Lee v. Superintendent Houtzdale SCI
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 19, 2015No. 14-3876PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Appellee Han Tak Lee was convicted of murdering his daughter based primarily on scientific evidence that, as the Commonwealth now concedes, is discredited by subsequent scientific developments. Lee thus filed a § 2254 habeas petition claiming his conviction violated due process. The District Court granted habeas relief, and we affirm.
I. Background 1
Mr. Lee’s daughter, Ji Yun Lee, suffered from severe mental illness throughout her life, experiencing both suicidal and homicidal ideation. She lived with her family in New York during the summer of 1989. In the early…
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