Commonwealth v. Rollins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAPPY, Justice.
Saharris Rollins (“Appellant”) appeals from the denial of his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. 1
The facts of this matter are laid forth in detail in this court’s opinion on direct appeal. Commonwealth v. Rollins, 525 Pa. 335, 580 A.2d 744 (1990). In brief, Appellant arrived at the home of Violeta Cintron (“Violeta”) at approximately one o’clock in the morning on January 22, 1986. Appellant had come to Violeta’s house looking for Violeta’s husband, Jose Carrasquillo…
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