Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Harris

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 23, 2004No. 392 CAPPublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*382 OPINION

Justice NIGRO.

Appellant Johnny Ray Harris appeals from that part of the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying his claims related to the guilt phase of his trial in his petition filed pursuant to the Post-Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

On August 3, 1992, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Appellant and Ahmeen Mustafa arrived at R’s Variety Store in Philadelphia. The owner of the store, Owen Edwards, and two of his employees, Ronald Caison and Steven Parrish, were preparing to leave work when…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  5. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TedfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. SepulvedaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. KeatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. SmallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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