Legal Opinion
Lesko v. Jeffes
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 2, 1988No. Civ. A. 86-1238PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BLOCH, District Judge.
Petitioner John Charles Lesko has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, setting forth numerous contentions of error arising out of his trial, conviction and sentence on charges of criminal homicide and criminal conspiracy in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The Court concludes that petitioner was deprived of his right to a fair trial guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and, therefore, grants the writ. 1
I. Facts
Early in the morning of January 3, 1980, Officer Leonard Miller was killed…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Lesko v. OwensCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Lesko v. LehmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Lesko v. LehmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Brooks v. ZimmermanDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- Lesko v. OwensCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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