Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Puksar
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 22, 2008No. 460 CAPPublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CASTILLE. *
The instant matter is a collateral capital appeal from the dismissal of appellant’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the order of the PCRA court.
In April of 1993, appellant Ronald Puksar was charged in connection with the killing of his brother, Thomas Puksar, and his sister-in-law, Donna Puksar. In November of 1993, a jury convicted appellant of first-degree murder for both crimes. The defense at trial focused on the circumstantial nature of the evidence and…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by137 opinions
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