Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Miller

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 28, 2009No. 539 CAPPublishedCited by 135 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice GREENSPAN.

This is a capital appeal from an order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County denying Appellant Dennis Miller’s request for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. Appellant was sentenced to death following his convictions for first-degree murder, rape, indecent assault, recklessly endangering another person, possessing an instrument of crime, and flight to avoid apprehension. These charges arose out of the stabbing murder of Appellant’s wife in November of 1995. We affirm.

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2Cases cited79 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by135 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. BusanetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012

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