Legal Opinion
United States v. Dwyer, R. Budd
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 30, 1988No. 87-5173PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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2Per curiam
Although the nominal “appellant” before the Court in this matter is R. Budd Dwyer, in fact the appellants are Dwyer’s former criminal defense attorneys, Messrs. Killion and Metz. Dwyer was Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, when he was convicted by a jury on eleven criminal counts on December 18, 1986. On January 22, 1987, the day before Dwyer was scheduled to be sentenced for these crimes, he committed suicide at a press conference he had called in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
On January 27, 1987, five days after Dwyer’s death, the attorneys filed a motion in the…
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