Legal Opinion
Banks v. Horn
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 7, 1999No. 4:CV-99-0438PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
McCLURE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND:
On March 22, 1999, petitioner George E. Banks, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Waymart, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, commenced this action with the filing of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. According to the petition, Banks was convicted in 1983 of twelve counts of first-degree murder, one count of third-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of robbery. Twelve consecutive sentences of death, plus a consecutive sentence of 25 to 50 years total incarceration, were imposed by…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Bronshtein v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Holland v. HornDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2001
- Laird v. HornDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2001
- Banks v. HornDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. VanDivnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
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