Lorenzo Johnson v. Neal Mechling

518 F. App'x 106

Opinion

JUDGMENT ORDER

MICHAEL A. CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.

On July 19, 2004, appellant Lorenzo Johnson filed a petition for a writ of habe-as corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his convictions for first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Pennsylvania state court. The District Court denied the petition but granted a certificate of appealability with respect to appellant’s claim that the Commonwealth failed to present sufficient evidence to support his convictions. In a divided opinion, this Court reversed the District Court’s judgment and remanded with instructions to grant the writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed this Court’s decision and remanded for further proceedings consistent with its opinion.

In accordance with the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion, Coleman v. Johnson, — U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 2060, 182 L.Ed.2d 978 (2012), it is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED that this Court’s not prece-dential opinion, filed October 4, 2011, is hereby VACATED and the judgment of the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, entered on March 31, 2008, is hereby AFFIRMED. Appellant’s motion for briefing and reconsideration of this Court’s denial of a certificate of ap-pealability with respect to appellant’s Bra dy claim, July 23, 2012, is hereby DENIED. The Clerk is directed to issue the mandate upon the filing of this judgment order.