TAYLOR v. HORN

No. 04-9016.

504 F.3d 416 (2007)

Paul Gamboa TAYLOR, Appellant v. Martin HORN, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; Gregory R. White, Superintendent of SCI Pittsburgh; Joseph Mazurkiewicz, Superintendent of SCI Rockview.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed September 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Lawry, Esq., (Argued), Michael Wiseman, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Federal Capital Habeas Corpus Unit, Philadelphia, PA, for Paul Gamboa Taylor.

Stuart Suss, Esq. (Argued), Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General, Appeals and Legal Services Section, Norristown, PA, for Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; Gregory White, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh; and Joseph P. Mazurkiewicz, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview.

BEFORE: BARRY, FUENTES, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

Paul Gamboa-Taylor ("Taylor") is a Pennsylvania inmate sentenced to death by a Pennsylvania state court for murdering his wife, Valerie, their two children, and his mother-in-law's child. He is also serving a life sentence for murdering his mother-in-law, Donna Barshinger. On federal habeas review, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, the District Court concluded that none of Taylor's guilt or penalty-phase claims merited a...

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