Commonwealth v. Taylor

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

In this capital case, appellant, Paul Gamboa Taylor, appeals from the order of the PCRA court dismissing his third PCRA petition as untimely and finding trial counsel1 did not have a conflict of interest during his representation of appellant. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

In the interest of clarity, a brief recitation of the facts and extensive procedural history is necessary.2 On May 18, 1991, appellant was arrested for the brutal murder of his wife, two of his three children, his mother-in-law, and her son. Appellant entered his mother-in-law’s bedroom…