Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 21, 2003No. 3 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE LAMB.
In this appeal we are asked to decide if a capital defendant’s pro se motion to withdraw his first timely Post Conviction Collateral Relief Act (PCRA)1 petition2 is controlling in a case in which: 1) the judge never ruled on the motion to withdraw; *6162) counsel was sought but not appointed before the motion to withdraw; 3) the court did not conduct a colloquy of the defendant regarding the withdrawal; 4) the court allowed amendment of the petition which was purportedly withdrawn; and, 5) the court held extensive hearings on the issues raised in the amended petition. For the…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth v. RykardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Commonwealth v. Mason, L., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Commonwealth v. HenkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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