Legal Opinion
Banks v. Horn
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 28, 1996No. 4:CV-96-0294PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
McCLURE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND:
On February 21, 1996, petitioner George E. Banks, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Greene, initiated this action with the filing of a motion to proceed in forma pawperis, for a stay of execution, and for the appointment of counsel. Banks was convicted in 1988 of thirteen counts of murder in the first degree in the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Twelve sentences of death were imposed following the return of the verdicts as to those charges.
Banks has pursued a direct appeal as well as post-conviction relief.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Banks v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Commonwealth v. HenrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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- Banks v. HornDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
- Banks v. HornDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
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