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SATTERFIELD v. DIST. ATTY. PHILADELPHIA

No. 15-2190.

872 F.3d 152 (2017)

Paul SATTERFIELD, Appellant v. DISTRICT ATTORNEY PHILADELPHIA; Attorney General Pennsylvania; Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: September 26, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aren K. Adjoian, Esq. [Argued], Arianna J. Freeman, Esq. , Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 601 Walnut Street, The Curtis Center, Suite 540 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Appellant Paul Satterfield.

Susan E. Affronti, Esq. , Simran Dhillon, Esq. [Argued], Philadelphia County Office of District Attorney, 3 South Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Counsel for Appellees District Attorney of Philadelphia, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

Society views the conviction of an innocent person as perhaps the most grievous mistake our judicial system can commit. Reflecting the gravity of such an affront to liberty, the "fundamental miscarriage of justice" exception has evolved to allow habeas corpus petitioners to litigate their constitutional...

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