Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sneed
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 4, 2012No. 601 CAPPublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying Appellant Willie Sneed’s petition seeking relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the PCRA court.
On October 13,1980, Appellant fatally shot Calvin Hawkins (“Hawkins”) after discovering that Hawkins and two accomplices sold him aspirin instead of cocaine.1 A jury convicted Appellant of first-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime on March 14, 1985.2 During the penalty phase, the jury…
3Cases cited54 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. AliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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4Cited by299 opinions
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