Legal Opinion
Albrecht v. Horn
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 21, 2004No. CIV.A.99-1479PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KAUFFMAN, District Judge.
Before the Court is the Petition of Alfred Albrecht, Sr. (“Petitioner”) for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, the Petition will be granted with respect to Petitioner’s sentence and denied with respect to his underlying conviction. 1
I. Background
On August 8, 1980, Petitioner was convicted by a jury of one count of first degree murder, two counts of second de gree murder, and four counts of arson for the killing of his wife, his mother, and his daughter in a fire at the family’s home.…
2Cases cited89 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Alfredo Serrano v. Brian Fischer, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- State v. SouthOhio Court of Appeals · 2005
- Stevens v. BeardDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2010
- Dixon v. WhiteDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2005
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