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YOUNT v. PATTON

No. 82-5372.

710 F.2d 956 (1983)

Jon E. YOUNT, Appellant, v. Ernest S. PATTON, Superintendent, SCI — Camp Hill, and Harvey Bartle III, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1983.

Certiorari Granted October 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Schumacher, Federal Public Defender, (argued), Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

F. Cortez Bell, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., (argued), Thomas F. Morgan, Dist. Atty., Clearfield, Pa., for appellees.

Before HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges and STERN, District Judge.

Certiorari Granted October 17, 1983. See 104 S.Ct. 272.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jon E. Yount was convicted in 1966 of first degree murder and rape in the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. On direct appeal the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that petitioner had not received adequate warnings against self-incrimination. It reversed the judgment of...

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