Legal Opinion
Charles Vincent Fountain v. Kenneth D. Kyler Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 25, 2005No. 03-4777PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we are asked to extend the jurisprudence regarding ineffective assistance of counsel to counsel’s failure to predict the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s later ruling regarding the non-retroactivity of an amended death penalty statute. We decline to extend the law that far.
Charles Vincent Fountain, who is currently serving a life sentence for a 1976 homicide, appeals from the denial by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. After the District Court’s denial,…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Roe v. Flores-OrtegaSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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