Legal Opinion
Smith v. Wambaugh
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 15, 1995No. 1:CV-94-1470PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
McCLURE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Jay C. Smith filed this section 1983 action 1 alleging the violation of his civil rights by defendant Joseph Wambaugh in connection with Smith’s April, 1986 murder conviction. Plaintiff was convicted of murdering Philadelphia school teacher Susan Reinert and her two minor children, Michael and Karen Reinert, and was sentenced to death for those crimes. Commonwealth v. Pennsylvania v. Jay C. Smith, Crim. Nos. 1677, 1677(A) and 1677(B) (Dauphin Co.). Reinert’s body was discovered in the trunk of her ear parked in a hotel parking lot near…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Albright v. OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Robert F. Jennings v. Arthur Shuman, Jr., Robert J. Conway, Gustave Naring, and John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Smith v. HoltzDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
- Smith v. WambaughDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
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