Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Duffey

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 28, 2005No. 324 CAPPublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

The instant case arose as an appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541-46 (“PCRA”). We issued an opinion in this matter on August 18, 2004, affirming the guilt phase of *501Appellant’s trial. Commonwealth v. Duffey, 579 Pa. 186, 855 A.2d 764 (2004) (“Duffey II”).1 We only reviewed one of Appellant’s penalty phase issues and granted a limited remand for the PCRA court to conduct an evidentiary hearing on that issue. That hearing is now complete, and this court must review Appellant’s penalty phase claims. For…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Rompilla v. BeardSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. Commonwealth v. TedfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. Commonwealth v. RaineySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. ReavesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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