HASKELL v. SUPERINTENDENT GREENE SCI

No. 15-3427.

866 F.3d 139 (2017)

Vance HASKELL, Appellant v. SUPERINTENDENT GREENE SCI; Attorney General Pennsylvania; District Attorney Erie County.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: August 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa B. Freeland, Esquire , Federal Public Defender, Elisa A. Long, Esquire (Argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of Federal Public Defender, 1001 Liberty Avenue, 1500 Liberty Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Counsel for Appellant.

Mark W. Richmond, Esquire (Argued), Erie County Office of District Attorney, 140 West 6th Street, Erie, PA 16501, Counsel for Appellee.

Before: AMBRO, VANASKIE, and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

A gunman murdered Darrell Cooley in a bar in Erie, Pennsylvania, in December 1994. Nearly four years later, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania indicted and tried Vance Haskell for Cooley's murder. The primary issue at the trial was whether Haskell was the gunman. In addition to circumstantial evidence...

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