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PETERKIN v. HORN

No. CIV.A. 95-CV-3989.

197 F.Supp.2d 196 (2002)

Otis PETERKIN, v. Martin HORN, et.al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy H. Nolas, James Anderson, Defender Association of Phila., Kenneth L. Fox, Stephen A. Whinston, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff.

Thomas W. Dolgenos, Helen Kane, Philadelphia, District Attorneys Office-Federal Litigation, Philadelphia, PA, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOYNER, District Judge.

Petitioner now seeks the issuance of a Certificate of Appealability as to his claim that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the improper exclusion for cause of prospective jurors who exhibited any skepticism about the death penalty. The Commonwealth opposes Petitioner's Application. For the reasons which follow, we deny Mr. Peterkin's Application.

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