Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Austin

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 18, 1998No. 2261PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LALLY-GREEN, J.:

Appellant, George E. Austin, appeals from the order entered May 6, 1997, which denied his second petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. We affirm.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder and criminal conspiracy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder count and a consecutive term of imprisonment of five (5) to ten (10) years on the conspiracy count. On appeal, this Court affirmed. Commonwealth v. Austin, 325 Pa.Super. 588, 473 A.2d 665 (Pa.Super.1984). Our Supreme Court denied allocatur on July…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LawsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. AlcornSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. SzuchonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Commonwealth v. ThomasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. McKeeverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. CriderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. PalmerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  4. Banks v. HornDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
  5. Com. v. Frame, G.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020

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