Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cox
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 19, 2009No. 504 CAPPublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice GREENSPAN.
This is a collateral capital appeal from an order dismissing Appellant Jermont Cox’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546.
The relevant facts are as follows:1 Tim Walker (Walker), the head of a Philadelphia drug trafficking organization, ordered his lieutenant, Larry Lee (Lee), to slay Roosevelt Watson (Watson) and Terence Stewart (Stewart) in retaliation for stealing Walker’s property and interfering with Walker’s drug enterprise. Lee enlisted the Appellant to aid him in this task.
On August 18,1992, Watson’s body was…
2Cases cited88 opinions
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3Cited by229 opinions
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