Wayne Paul Burkett v. Richard Cunningham, Warden

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1987-07-31

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BECKER, Circuit Judge. These two habeas corpus appeals by Wayne Paul Burkett, arising out of three state court convictions, require us to determine whether a federal court, presented with post-conviction delay ranging from excessive to monumental, should not only deem state remedies exhausted, but also grant writs of habeas corpus on account of the delay. Each of the convictions took place in the Blair County, Pennsylvania…

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