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ABU-JAMAL v. SECRETARY, PENN. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 01-9014.

643 F.3d 370 (2011)

Mumia ABU-JAMAL, a/k/a Wesley Cook v. *SECRETARY, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Conner Blaine, Superintendent, SCI Greene; District Attorney for Philadelphia County; the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, Appellants. *Pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 43(c).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: April 26, 2011.

March 27, 2008.

Certiorari Granted, Judgment Vacated and Remanded from the Supreme Court of the United States January 19, 2010.

Argued on Remand from the Supreme Court of the United States November 9, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Esquire , (argued), Ronald Eisenberg, Esquire , Office of District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.

Judith L. Ritter, Esquire , (argued), Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.

Before: SCIRICA, AMBRO and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of first-degree murder in state court and sentenced to death. After exhausting state appeals, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A divided panel of this court affirmed the denial of Abu-Jamal's petition insofar as it challenged his conviction. See Abu-Jamal v. Horn, 520 F.3d 272 (3d Cir.2008). Our court...

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