Legal Opinion
Showers v. Beard
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 10, 2008No. 3:CV-03-2264PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
A. RICHARD CAPUTO, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Petitioner Judy Ann Showers (“Showers”), an inmate currently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution in Mun-cy, Pennsylvania, commenced this action by filing a counseled petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1.) Showers is challenging her conviction and sentence in the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, with claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court error. For the reasons that follow, the petition will be granted as to Claim I, which relates to…
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- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by3 opinions
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