Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Saranchak
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 19, 2005No. 426 CAPPublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAER, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the Common Pleas Court of Schuylkill County dismissing a capital, post conviction relief petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S § 9541-9546. For the following reasons, we affirm.
On October 15, 1993, Daniel Saranchak (Appellant) was drinking with a friend, Roy Miles (Miles), at Mickey Courtney’s Sportsmen Bar (Courtney’s Bar) in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Appellant told Miles that he knew where they could acquire some money, but that they might have to kill someone to obtain it. Thereafter, the two men left…
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