KELLER v. LARKINS

No. 00-1130.

251 F.3d 408 (2001)

Kerby Keane KELLER, Appellant, v. David LARKINS, Superintendent, SCI Dallas; the District Attorney of the County of Lancaster; the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania [Mike Fisher].

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen C. Nasuti (Argued), Susan J. Bruno, Nasuti & Miller, The Bourse Building, Suite 860 111 S. Independence Mall East Philadelphia, PA 19106, Attorneys for Appellant.

Donald R. Totaro, District Attorney, K. Kenneth Brown, II, Assistant District Attorney (Argued), Office of the District Attorney Lancaster County Courthouse 50 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA 17602, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before ALITO, ROTH, and AMBRO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

Kerby Keller, a Pennsylvania prisoner serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of his wife, appeals the denial of his federal habeas corpus petition. He argues that his federal constitutional right to due process was violated by the introduction at trial of highly prejudicial evidence having little probative value and that he was denied the effective assistance...

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