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GLASS v. VAUGHN

No. 94-1811.

65 F.3d 13 (1995)

Commer GLASS v. Donald T. VAUGHN; The Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania; The District Attorney for Philadelphia County; Donald T. Vaughn, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford; Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania and Lynne Abraham, District Attorney of Philadelphia County, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1995.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna G. Zucker (argued), Office of the Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, PA, for appellants.

Stephen A. Whinston (argued), Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and McKEE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied October 23, 1995.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

Respondents appeal from the order of the district court granting a writ of habeas corpus to the petitioner, Commer Glass, who is currently serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. The district court held that Glass' trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to investigate petitioner's military experiences and subsequent history of bizarre behavior...

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