Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Blakeney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 2014PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
In this capital case, Herbert Blakeney, a.k.a. Shabazz Muhammad, appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County denying, without a hearing, his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
We set forth the facts of this case in our opinion on direct appeal, which affirmed Appellant’s sentence of death. Commonwealth v. Blakeney, 596 Pa. 510, 946 A.2d 645 (2008). The following is a summary of the facts pertinent to the issues now raised. After a domestic dispute that resulted…
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