Barry Priester v. Donald T. Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania

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• holding that the federal court is \[b]ound by the state court's determination that the instruction at issue comported with state law\
• holding that because the federal court was bound by the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s determination that the trial court’s decision was correct under state law, petitioner was unable to demonstrate counsel’s performance was deficient
• holding Bruton protective rule not violated where confession did not \unavoidably\ tie the defendant to the crime
• noting that where “there were at least fifteen other perpetrators involved in the shooting, and the phrases ‘the other guy’ or ‘another guy’ are bereft of any innuendo that ties them unavoidably to Priester”
• redacting a codefendant’s statement by replacing names with generic phrases such as “the other guy” or “another guy”
• redacting a codefendant‟s statement by replacing names with generic phrases such as “the other guy” or “another guy”

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