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BREIGHNER v. CHESNEY

Civ.A. No. 1:02-CV-1832.

301 F.Supp.2d 354 (2004)

Darrell Wayne BREIGHNER, Petitioner, v. Joseph CHESNEY, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

February 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Niele Tarman, Harrisburg, PA, for Petitioner.

District Attorney of Dauphin County, Edward M. Marsico, Jr., The Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Respondents.

MEMORANDUM

CONNER, District Judge.

Presently before the court is a petition for writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) in which petitioner, Darrell Wayne Breighner ("Breighner"), asserts that the Superior Court of Pennsylvania acted unreasonably in finding sufficient evidence to support his conviction for arson. Resolution of this issue requires the court to determine whether recent amendments to the federal habeas statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, mandate...

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