Legal Opinion
Sistrunk v. Rozum
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 20, 2012No. 09-2495PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal seeks review of a denial of a petition for habeas corpus by Edward Sis-trunk, an inmate in Respondents’ custody. After pursuing and exhausting his state court avenues for appeal, Sistrunk sought habeas relief from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on the basis of newly discovered evidence of his “actual innocence.” The District Court concluded that the Pennsylvania state courts’ disposition of Sistrunk’s appeal was not contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal…
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