Legal Opinion
Florencio Rolan v. Donald T. Vaughn, State Correctional Institution-Graterford the District Attorney of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 18, 2006No. 04-4322PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has appealed the District Court’s grant of the writ of habeas corpus to Florencio Rolan. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm.
I. Background
Florencio Rolan was convicted in Pennsylvania state court of first-degree murder and of possession of an instrument of crime for the 1983 death of Paulino Santiago. The Commonwealth’s theory of the crime was that Rolan shot and killed Santiago during an attempted robbery of the proceeds of a five-dollar drug deal. Rolan was sentenced to death by a jury, .but in 1997 the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rompilla v. BeardSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Parke v. RaleySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Turner v. CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by198 opinions
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- Taibu Grant v. Melvin LockettCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
- Commonwealth v. RolanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Lewis v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
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