Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Martin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 2010No. 441 CAP, No. 442 CAP, No. 443 CAPPublishedCited by 243 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice BAER.1
This capital case involves cross-appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, which denied Bradley Martin’s guilt phase claims under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546, but granted a new penalty hearing on the grounds that trial counsel was *172ineffective for failing to investigate and present mitigating evidence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
On September 15, 1993, while serving a sentence at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility, Martin was granted a two-hour pass to leave the…
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