Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the order .of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying Appellant’s petition for collateral relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) 42 Pa.C.S § 9541 et seq. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the orders of the court below; all three of which deny Appellant post-conviction relief.

In the underlying trial, a jury found Appellant guilty of first degree murder in the December 9, 1981 shooting death of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Appellant was also found guilty of possession of…