Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Luster

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 23, 2013PublishedCited by 80 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

ALLEN, J.:

Aaron Thomas Luster (“Appellant”) appeals from the trial court’s order denying his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. Claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, Appellant seeks relief from an aggregate sentence of 14 to 28 years’ imprisonment, which was imposed following his conviction by a jury of third degree murder and murder of an unborn child.1 We affirm.

We glean the following facts and procedural history from the record. ' On January 28, 2003, at approximately 2:30 a.m., the corpse of Christine Karcher,…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Commonwealth v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. WidmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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3Cited by80 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ParkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. HaynesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Commonwealth v. BeckerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Commonwealth v. KunkleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. SchleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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