Legal Opinion

Jerry Reeves v. Superintendent Fayette SCI

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 23, 2018No. 17-1043PublishedCited by 178 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHWARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Jerry Reeves was convicted of robbery, carrying a firearm without a license, and second degree murder relating to an armed robbery of a gas station convenience store that resulted in the death of the store clerk. Reeves was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He filed a four-months-late habeas petition in federal court asserting ineffective assistance of counsel and seeking to excuse his petition's untimeliness based on the actual innocence exception to procedural default recognized in Schlup v. Delo , 513 U.S. 298 , 115 S.Ct. 851 , 130…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. McQuiggin v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  3. Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. House v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by178 opinions

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