Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hawkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 2001No. 288 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*317 OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
Appellant, Thomas W. Hawkins, Jr., appeals from the denial of relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. For the reasons that follow, we hold that Appellant has failed to demonstrate his eligibility for relief and therefore, we affirm the order of the PCRA court.1
Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and is currently awaiting execution of a sentence of death for that crime. Commonwealth v. Hawkins II, 549 Pa. 352, 701 A.2d 492 (1997)(affirming Appellant’s conviction and sentence reached after retrial); Commonwealth v. Hawkins I,…
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