Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dennis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 20, 2008No. 491 CAPPublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice TODD.
Appellant James Dennis was sentenced to death on October 19, 1992 for the first-degree murder of Chedell Williams in 1991. Appellant now appeals the September 15, 2005 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dismissing his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-46.
Following Appellant’s conviction, we affirmed on direct appeal, rejecting numerous challenges, including several pertaining to the constitutional effectiveness of trial counsel. Commonwealth v. Dennis, 552 Pa. 331, 715 A.2d 404 (1998) (“Dennis…
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