Legal Opinion
Abu-Jamal v. Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 26, 2011No. 01-9014PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of first-degree murder in state court and sentenced to death. After exhausting state appeals, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A divided panel of this court affirmed the denial of Abu-Jamal’s petition insofar as it challenged his conviction. See Abu-Jamal v. Horn, 520 F.3d 272 (3d Cir.2008). Our court denied his petition for rehearing en banc, and the Supreme Court of the United States denied his petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of his conviction, Abur-Jamal v.…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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