Legal Opinion
Shaffer v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 28, 1996No. 0022 E.D. Appeal Docket 1995PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Brian Smith, appeals from the Order of the Superior Court which affirmed the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County entered in favor of Appellee, Michael Shaffer. The Superior Court held that Appellant’s prior criminal conviction, which had been affirmed by the Superior Court and denied review by this Court, was final for purposes of collateral estoppel, notwithstanding Appellant’s filing of a Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) petition, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. This Court granted allocatur to determine the point at which a criminal…
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