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CARPENTER v. VAUGHN

No. 1:CV-91-0934.

888 F.Supp. 658 (1995)

James Henry CARPENTER, Petitioner, v. Donald T. VAUGHN, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

May 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spero T. Lappas, Harrisburg, PA, for petitioner.

Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen. of PA, Office of Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, PA, H. Stanley Rebert, John W. Thompson, Jr., York, PA, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM

McCLURE, District Judge.

BACKGROUND:

Petitioner James Henry Carpenter, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, seeks a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On January 20, 1984, petitioner was convicted by a jury in York County, Pennsylvania, and was sentenced to death. A direct appeal...

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