Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Cuyler
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 8, 1983No. Nos. 82-1829, 83-1040PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
Two primary questions are presented by this appeal and cross appeal from the district court’s conditional grant of a state prisoner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus: (1) whether there was sufficient evidence to support petitioner’s conviction for first degree murder; and (2) whether representation by two attorneys of both the petitioner and his co-defendants created a conflict of interest violative of petitioner’s sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. We agree with the district court that a Writ of habeas corpus should issue…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by181 opinions
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- Francis Ordean Reese v. Thomas A. FulcomerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- State v. DhaliwalWashington Supreme Court · 2003
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Zepp, Jo-Ann. Appeal of Jo Ann ZeppCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
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