Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Kenney

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 28, 1999PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from the Superior Court order reversing the PCRA court’s dismissal of Appellee Charles Kenney’s petition for post-conviction relief and remanding the case for trial. We reverse.

Appellee was charged in three separate criminal informations with various felonies arising from three separate incidents occurring during a twenty-four hour period spanning December 14 and 15, 1985. The first incident involved a forcible entry into an apartment where he raped a woman then stole various items after she fled. This incident was the basis…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GrazierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. EllisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Commonwealth v. PersingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Commonwealth v. GriffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. WatlingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Commonwealth v. HenkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  3. Commonwealth v. BurkettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. Commonwealth v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. WhartonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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