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Third Circuit: IAC Where Counsel Failed to Object to Accomplice-Liability Jury Instruction in Murder Case That Relieved State of Proving Specific Intent
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2021
by Dale Chappell
published in Criminal Legal News
February, 2021, page 38
Filed under:
Jury Instructions,
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel,
Co-conspirator/Accomplice liability.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
by Dale Chappell
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that defense counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel (“IAC”) for failing to object to jury instructions that relieved the prosecution of its burden to prove that a defendant intended for his friend to kill someone in order ...
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