Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Natividad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 27, 2007No. 497 CAPPublishedCited by 202 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*203 OPINION
Justice FITZGERALD.
In this capital case, Ricardo Natividad (Appellant) appeals from the order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (PCRA Court), which denied his petition for relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-46. We affirm.
At 2:00 a.m. on November 9, 1996, Michael Havens was preparing to unlock his car, a dark blue Lincoln, when two men, one of whom Mr. Havens later identified as Appellant, approached him. Appellant faced Mr. Havens while pointing a stainless steel revolver at him, as his cohort approached him from behind.…
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