CARPENTER v. VAUGHN

No. 1:CV-91-0934.

888 F.Supp. 635 (1994)

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

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

November 28, 1994.


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:

This case involves a petition for a writ of habeas corpus originally filed by James Henry Carpenter on July 23, 1991. The filing of the original petition for a writ of habeas corpus by petitioner's then-counsel coincided with the pro se filing by petitioner of a petition for a stay of execution, docketed to No. 3:CV-91-0943. A stay of execution was issued by the court, and the...

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