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Wetzel v. Kindler

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on January 17, 2012.

Docket No.11-48
Op. Below3d Cir.

Issue

Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's fugitive forfeiture rule, which holds that escape constitutes a forfeiture of appellate rights, constitutes an inadequate ground in the federal habeas context when it diverges from past decisions of that court.

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