Whitney v. Horn

MEMORANDUM

BARTLE, District Judge.

This is a death penalty case. Petitioner Raymond Whitney (“Whitney”) seeks ha-beas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He contends that he is entitled to a new trial and/or a new sentencing hearing because of numerous violations of his constitutional rights.

The gruesome events out of which this case arises are described in great detail by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in its opinion in Commonwealth v. Whitney, 511 Pa. 232, 512 A.2d 1152, 1154-55 (1986). Suffice it to' say that in the early morning hours October 10, 1981, Whitney broke into the West…