Legal Opinion
Kindler v. Horn
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 29, 2011No. 03-9010, 03-9011PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
In 1983, a state court jury convicted Joseph Kindler of killing a witness against him and recommended a sentence of death. Following his trial, but before the death sentence had been formally imposed, Kindler filed several post-verdict motions. Before those motions could be heard, Kindler escaped from custody, was captured, escaped again, and was finally arrested and returned to Philadelphia in 1991. Kindler’s efforts to reinstate his post-verdict motions upon his return were unsuccessful, and his judgment of conviction was thereafter affirmed, based…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Ford v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Beard v. KindlerSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Walker v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Dugger v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lark v. Secretary Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Kindler, J.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- Donna Lee v. Debra JacquezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- Com. v. Kindler, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Kindler v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
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