Tyrone Werts v. Donald T. Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 2000-09-15

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OPINION OF THE COURT MANSMANN, Circuit Judge. In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether a habeas petitioner, who is presently serving a mandatory term of life imprisonment upon a conviction for second degree murder, was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial due to the prosecutor’s alleged misconduct during the opening and closing arguments of his state court trial. The petitioner also conte…

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