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SARANCHAK v. BEARD

No. 08-9000.

616 F.3d 292 (2010)

Daniel M. SARANCHAK, Appellee v. Jeffrey BEARD, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; David Diguglielmo, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford; Frank Tennis, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Rockview; Attorney General of Pennsylvania; Schuylkill County District Attorney, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: August 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Lawry, Stuart B. Lev, Shawn Nolan (Argued), Defender Association of Philadelphia, Federal Capital Habeas Corpus Unit, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.

James P. Barker (Argued), Jennifer A. Buck, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Appeals & Legal Services, Harrisburg, PA, Stuart Suss, West Chester, PA, for Appellants.

Before: SLOVITER, SCIRICA, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

After fatally shooting his grandmother and uncle, Daniel Saranchak ("Saranchak") was quickly arrested and later convicted of first degree murder in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was then sentenced to death. Saranchak took a direct appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which affirmed the conviction and sentence. After being denied collateral relief in the Pennsylvania state court system...

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