Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Aplt v. Pelzer, K.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 2014No. 631 CAP, 632 CAP, 633 CAP, 634 CAPPublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CASTILLE.
These twin capital cross-appeals involve co-defendants Henry Daniels and Kevin Pelzer (“Daniels” and “Pelzer,” or *208collectively “appellees”) and represent a continuation of their first collateral challenges to their convictions under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. By Opinion filed on January 23, 2009, this Court vacated the PCRA court’s March 25, 2003 order, which had granted appellees a new trial. The Court reviewed three claims of trial counsel ineffectiveness, denied relief on all three claims, and remanded the case to the…
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3Cited by90 opinions
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