Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Wilcox v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 29, 1977No. 76-2091PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granting a writ of habeas corpus. The major issue presented here is whether appellee was unconstitutionally deprived of the right to testify at his own trial. We conclude that he was and, accordingly, we affirm the grant of the writ.
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Norman Wilcox, the appellee, was convicted of rape in 1967 after a non-jury trial in the County Court of Philadelphia, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment from four to…
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