Legal Opinion
Kindler v. Horn
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 3, 2008No. 03-9010, 03-9011PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Kindler was sentenced to death after being convicted of the first degree murder of David Bernstein. After unsuccessfully appealing in state court, Kindler filed this habeas petition in district court alleging, inter alia, that the trial court’s jury instructions violated the Supreme Court’s pronouncement in Mills v. Maryland, 486 U.S. 367, 108 S.Ct. 1860, 100 L.Ed.2d 384 (1988), and that his trial counsel had been ineffective during the penalty phase of his trial. The district court agreed that Kindler was entitled to relief under Mills, and also concluded…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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