Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cook
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 24, 2008No. 407 CAPPublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CASTILLE.
The instant matter is before this Court on appellant’s appeal from that part of the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying him a new trial pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order below.
*583On November 15, 1988, a jury sitting before the Honorable Robert A. Latrone convicted appellant of first-degree murder, criminal conspiracy to commit murder, possessing an instrument of crime, and robbery. The convictions arose from the stabbing death of Alvin Tyler,…
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