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Beard v. Kindler, No. 08-992 (U.S. Supreme Court) (558 U.S. 53; 130 S.Ct. 612) (December 8, 2009) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2009 published in Punch and Jurists November 16, 2009
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In the instant case, the Supreme Court rejected an attempt by an escape artist to use a technical loophole in Pennsylvania’s fugitive forfeiture law as the means of mounting an attack on his death penalty sentence. In so ruling, the Court reversed the Third Circuit’s decision in Kindler v. Horn, ...

 

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  2. Beard v. Kindler, No. 08-992 (U.S. Supreme Court) (558 U.S. 53; 130 S.Ct. 612) (December 8, 2009) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)
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  5. U.S. v. Kilbride, No. 07-10528 (9th Cir.) (584 F.3d 1240) (October 28, 2009) (Judge Betty Binns Fletcher)
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