Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tedford
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 19, 2008No. 456 CAPPublishedCited by 271 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CASTILLE.*
Appellant Donald Tedford appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (“PCRA court”) denying his petition for relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that appellant is not entitled to relief and, accordingly, affirm the order of the PCRA court.
On February 6, 1987, a jury sitting before the Honorable Floyd A. Rauschenberger convicted appellant, who was represented by counsel, of first-degree murder1 and rape.2 The convictions arose from an incident…
2Cases cited109 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by271 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. KoehlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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