Legal Opinion
Melvin L. Johnson v. William Love, Acting Superintendent the Attorney General for the State of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 17, 1994No. 94-7168PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:
This habeas corpus case comes to us for the second time after having been remanded to the district court to allow the state prosecutor to explain his peremptory challenge of a black venirewoman in the petitioner’s murder trial. The district court found the explanation unsatisfactory and ordered the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to retry Melvin Johnson within 90 days or release him from custody. The Commonwealth appealed, and we stayed the effectiveness of the district court’s order pending appeal. We will affirm the judgment of the district court.
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