Legal Opinion
Clemmons v. Wolfe
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 29, 2004No. 02-4457PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
The District Court judge who dismissed Appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus had been the state court judge who presided over his criminal trial. The principal question we consider is whether the judge should have sua sponte recused from the habeas proceeding.
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Appellant Charlie Clemmons’ conviction arose out of a 1980 incident of “road rage,” in which Clemmons shot and killed another motorist following an altercation stemming from a traffic incident. App. at 10. Clem-mons was convicted by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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