Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 8, 2003No. 364 CAPPublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
Mumia Abu-Jamal appeals from the order denying his petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. We affirm. 1
The PCRA court aptly set forth the procedural history of the ease:
On December 9, 1981, Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner was shot and killed while on duty in Center City Philadelphia. [Appellant] Wesley Cook a/k/a Mumia Abu Jamal was arrested at the scene, taken to the hospital, then taken to Police Headquarters where he was charged and held for trial in the murder of Officer Faulkner.
Anthony Jackson,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. FahySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Lawrence Lines v. David Larkins, Warden the District Attorney of the County of Bucks the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Commonwealth v. LantzySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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3Cited by151 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrecksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. EdmistonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Commonwealth v. RaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. SneedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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