Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Weiss
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 2009No. 543 CAPPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice McCAFFERY.
In this appeal we decide whether the award of a new trial to Ronald Lee Weiss (“Appellee”) by the Indiana County Court of Common Pleas (“PCRA court”) is supported by the record and is free of legal error. Specifically, we determine whether the PCRA court properly granted Appellee a new trial on the basis that the prosecutor withheld information that could have been used to impeach the credibility of two Commonwealth witnesses, in violation of Brady v. Maryland.1 Additionally, we determine whether a conflict of interest claim raised in Appellee’s PCRA petition has been…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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