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SZUCHON v. LEHMAN

Nos. 00-9000, 00-9001.

273 F.3d 299 (2001)

Joseph SZUCHON, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Joseph LEHMAN, Commissioner; Andrew Domovich, Warden, State Correction Institution at Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: November 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Zapp, [Argued], Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Caroline M. Roberto, [Argued], Pittsburgh, PA, and Lynn A. Ellenberger, Chicago, IL, Counsel for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before RENDELL, GREENBERG and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to review the District Court's order granting in part and denying in part Joseph Szuchon's petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A Pennsylvania jury convicted Szuchon of first-degree murder of his former girlfriend, Judy Snyder, during a nighttime rampage which we describe in detail below. The jury then sentenced him to death. Szuchon asserted numerous claims of error...

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