Legal Opinion

Jon E. Yount v. Ernest S. Patton, Superintendent, Sci--Camp Hill, and Harvey Bartle Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided October 17, 1983No. 82-5372PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jon E. Yount was convicted in 1966 of first degree murder and rape in the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. On direct appeal the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that petitioner had not received adequate warnings against self-incrimination. It reversed the judgment of sentence and granted a new trial. Commonwealth v. Yount, 435 Pa. 276, 256 A.2d 464 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 925, 90 S.Ct. 918, 25 L.Ed.2d 104 (1970) (“Yount I”). After a retrial before the same court,…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Patton v. YountSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Winfield C. Patterson v. Julius T. Cuyler, Superintendent, and the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
  3. State v. CoeWashington Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Thomas Knight A/k/a, Askari Abdullah Muhammad v. Richard L. Dugger and Tom BartonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  5. William H. Flamer v. State of Delaware Darl Chaffinch Raymond Callaway Harold K. Brode William H. Porter Gary A. Myers Loren C. Meyers Dana Reed James E. Liguori Charles M. Oberly, III Walter Redman Stanley W. Taylor, Acting Warden Warden Robert Snyder William Henry Flamer, Billie Bailey v. Robert Snyder, Warden, Delaware Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995

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