Supreme Court· 1/11/2000

Fiore v. White

Citations

528 U.S. 23
120 S. Ct. 469
145 L. Ed. 2d 353
1999 U.S. LEXIS 8016

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asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court whether its recent interpretation of the statute under which Fiore was convicted «“was always the statute’s meaning, even at the time of Fiore’s trial”
certifying questions to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to determine the state of the law at the time a federal habeas petitioner’s conviction became final
invoking Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s certification procedure to obtain opinion on question of state law
certifying a question of Pennsylvania state law to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
“[b]efore deciding whether the Federal Constitution requires that Fiore’s conviction be set aside in light of [Commonwealth v. Scarpone, 535 Pa. 273, 634 A.2d 1109 (1993
\ Scarpone marked the first time the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had interpreted the statute\

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Judges: Breyer

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