Legal Opinion
Mattis v. Vaughn
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 17, 2001No. CIV. A. 99-6533PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
VAN ANTWERPEN, District Judge.
I. Facts and Procedural History
We have before us objections to the Report and Recommendation of a Magistrate Judge. To resolve this matter, we are called upon to review a new Order No. 218 of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. On December 22, 1999, petitioner Trevor Mattis, through counsel, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mattis was convicted on July 20, 1990, in the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia, in a non-jury bench trial be fore Judge David N. Savitt, of first degree murder, criminal conspiracy,…
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