Commonwealth v. Appel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEWMAN, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County that denied Martin D. Appel’s (Appel) Petition for Relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541 et seq. (PCRA) 1 and vacated a stay of execution of the death penalty. We affirm the Order of the Court of Common Pleas (trial court).
I. Facts and Procedural History
In Commonwealth v. Appel, 517 Pa. 529, 539 A.2d 780 (1988) (Appel I), we summarized the facts of the case as follows:
[I]n early May of 1986, appellant decided to rob a bank. He enlisted the aid of a friend,…
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