Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Reid, A., Aplt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 20, 2014No. 564 CAPPublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice TODD.
This is a capital appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying Appellant Anthony “Tone Bey” Reid’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the PCRA court.
I. Background
The facts underlying Appellant’s sentence are more fully discussed by our Court on Appellant’s direct appeal. Commonwealth v. Reid, 537 Pa. 167, 642 A.2d 453 (1994). A brief summary of the facts, however, is required for our resolution of Appellant’s collateral…
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