Legal Opinion
Jose Medina v. David Diguglielmo the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 31, 2006No. 05-3147PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ABARCÓN, Circuit Judge.
David Diguglielmo, the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia, and the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania (“the Commonwealth”) appeal from the order granting habeas corpus relief to state prisoner Jose Medina pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) (1994).
Mr. Medina was convicted in a Commonwealth Court of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In ruling on his federal habeas corpus petition, the District Court concluded that Mr. Medina’s trial counsel provided ineffective assistance because he failed to object to the competency of a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Lockyer v. AndradeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Henderson v. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by23 opinions
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