Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Lambert

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 18, 2000PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Lisa Michelle Lambert asks us to review and reverse the order of the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, which denied her petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act. 1 Appellant raises numerous assertions of ineffectiveness of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct in the context of after-discovered evidence, which she insists compel relief. Following exhaustive study of the complete record in light of applicable law we hold that Appellant’ has not met her burden under the PCRA statute. Accordingly, we affirm.

¶2 The PCRA court has carefully and…

2Cases cited72 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. FahySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  4. Tyrone Werts v. Donald T. Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  5. Commonwealth v. Gamboa-TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CarrSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Lambert v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  3. Lambert v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  4. Gutteridge v. A.P. Green Services, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. McKeeverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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