COLLINS v. SECR. OF PENNSYLVANIA CORRECTIONS DEPT.

No. 12-3472.

742 F.3d 528 (2014)

Rodney COLLINS, Appellant v. SECRETARY OF the PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Michael Wenerowicz; District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia; Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: January 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly M. Dolan , [argued], Regional Housing Legal Services, Glenside, PA, Counsel for Appellant.

Molly S. Lorber , [argued], Philadelphia County Office of District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: RENDELL, JORDAN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

Rodney Collins, a Pennsylvania prisoner convicted in 1993 of first-degree murder, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Although the District Court denied his petition, it certified two questions for appeal: whether Collins was deprived of his Sixth Amendment...

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