Legal Opinion
Bernard Ross v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent of the Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 24, 1967No. 15400PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GANEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
The sole question involved, having any merit, is whether or not the admission of testimony on behalf of the Commonwealth, showing that the defendant committed another homicide at the time he committed the instant one, the shootings being in rapid succession, was a denial of due process of law, as being a failure to observe fundamental principles of fairness, essential to the concept of justice.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Harry J. Manning v. Jimmy H. Rose, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- United States Ex Rel. Harry E. Carey v. Robert L. Johnson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Bernard Ross v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent of the Correctional Institution at PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967