WILLIAMS v. VAUGHN

Civil Action No. 95-7977.

3 F.Supp.2d 567 (1998)

Kenneth J. WILLIAMS v. Donald T. VAUGHN, Mr.; District Attorney for Lehigh County; and, the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Defender Association of Philadelphia, Billy H. Nolas, Michael Wiseman, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Jacquelyn C. Paradis, Allentown, PA, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM

DUBOIS, District Judge.

Before the Court is petitioner's Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in which he alleges various constitutional violations in both the guilt and sentencing phases of his capital murder trial. Because the Amended Petition contains both exhausted and unexhausted claims — is a "mixed" petition — the Court concludes that it must be dismissed for failure to...

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