Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 26, 2007No. 421 & 422 CAPPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*370 OPINION
Justice CASTILLE.
In consolidated cross-appeals in this capital case, the Commonwealth appeals the May 29, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (“PCRA court”) granting Christopher Williams (hereinafter, “appellee”) a new trial pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq., while appellee, as cross-appellant, appeals the May 14, 2002 order of the PCRA court dismissing in part certain claims contained in his PCRA petition. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the PCRA court’s May 29, 2003 order to the extent that it vacated…
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