Legal Opinion
Banks v. Horn
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 30, 1996No. 4:CV-96-0294PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MeCLURE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND:
On February 21, 1996, petitioner George E. Banks, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Greene, initiated this action with the filing of a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, for a stay of execution, and for the appointment of counsel. Banks was convicted in 1983 of thirteen counts of murder in the first degree in the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Twelve sentences of death were imposed following the return of the verdicts as to those charges. In addition, Banks was found guilty of one count each of murder in…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re the Personal Restraint of BennWashington Supreme Court · 1998
- Banks v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Marshall v. HendricksDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2000
- Kindler v. HornDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2003
- Banks v. HornDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
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