Legal Opinion
Robert Virgil Yarnal, C-7764 v. Joseph R. Brierley
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 13, 1972No. 71-1870PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the denial of a petition for habeas corpus contends that Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 87 S.Ct. 824, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967), requires the granting of the writ because a state trial court unconstitutionally admitted certain testimony in a hearing to determine degree of murder and this error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
Petitioner Robert Yarnal is presently serving a life sentence imposed by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Indiana County, Pennsylvania. This sentence was imposed on April 2, 1965, after…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Milton v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BatleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lewis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- United States Ex Rel. Senk v. BrierleyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- United States Ex Rel. Jacoby v. ArnoldDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
- Paulus v. FentonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1977