Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gillespie
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 28, 1986No. 26 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
opinion announcing the judgment OF THE COURT
ZAPPALA, Justice.
The Commonwealth appeals a Superior Court Order reversing the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County denying Appellant’s relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA) 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9541 et seq. The gravamen of the Commonwealth’s appeal is that the Superior Court erred in synthesizing a rule applicable to this case from our holdings in Commonwealth v. Sparrow, 471 Pa. 490, 370 A.2d 712 (1977) and Commonwealth v. Tarver, 493 Pa. 320, 426 A.2d 569 (1981) and further erred by applying that rule retroactively to…
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