Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 2002No. 227 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING TIIE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice CASTILLE.
This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 at seq. For the reasons set forth below, we find that appellant is not entitled to relief and, accordingly, we affirm the order of the PCRA court.
On December 23, 1990, appellant met his former girlfriend, Edna Dorsey, in a South Philadelphia bar. When Ms. Dorsey rejected appellant’s proposition that she resume seeing him, even though he intended to marry another woman, appellant drew a handgun and shot…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Smith v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by102 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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- Commonwealth v. HenkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. McGillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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