District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania November 7, 2001, CIV.A. 97-4208 (Kane v. Kyler)

MEMORANDUM

LUDWIG, District Judge.

Upon remand of this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition,

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the Court of Appeals held that an incorrect standard had been applied in granting relief for ineffective assistance of counsel on petitioner’s direct appeal

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of his Pennsylvania convictions for first degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime.