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HULL v. FREEMAN

No. 91-6010.

991 F.2d 86 (1993)

Larry Gene HULL, Appellant, v. Robert M. FREEMAN, Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Wade (argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Harrisburg, PA, for appellant.

John F. Nelson (argued), Office of Dist. Atty., Chambersburg, PA, for appellees.

Before: MANSMANN, SCIRICA and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This case illustrates the complexity engendered by the current federal habeas corpus doctrine of procedural default. In his petition for writ of habeas corpus, Larry Gene Hull contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel in a state court competency hearing before he pled guilty to murder. In an earlier opinion, we held the performance of Hull's counsel at that...

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