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DENNIS v. SEC'Y, PA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 13-9003.

777 F.3d 642 (2015)

James A. DENNIS v. SECRETARY, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene; Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview; District Attorney of Philadelphia County, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: February 9, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Dolgenos, Esq. , (Argued), Ryan Dunlavey, Esq. , Philadelphia County Office of District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

James W. Cooper, Esq. , Rebecca L.D. Gordon, Esq. , Ryan D. Guilds, Esq. , Meghan Martin, Esq. , Amy L. Rohe, Esq. , Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Appellee.

Melanie Gavisk, Esq. , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV, for Appellee.

Stuart B. Lev, Esq. , (Argued), Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.

Before: SMITH, FISHER and CHAGARES, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

In 1991, Chedell Williams was shot and killed in Philadelphia. James Dennis was convicted of her murder and was sentenced to death. In a series of decisions over thirteen years, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed Dennis's conviction and sentence and denied his application for post-conviction...

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