Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Saranchak
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 2002No. 889 & 889A-1993PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
This matter arises out of a capital, post-conviction petitioner’s court-approved waiver of counsel and withdrawal of state post-conviction relief proceedings, and his subsequent retraction.
On October 15, 1993, Donald M. Saranchak robbed, shot, and killed his uncle and grandmother. He pled guilty to murder generally and was sentenced to death based upon aggravating circumstances involving the commission of the murders during the perpetration of a felony and the convictions of multiple murders. The judgment of sentence was affirmed on direct appeal. See Commonwealth v.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Johnson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Commonwealth v. SaranchakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- State v. MartiniSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1996
- Robert St. Pierre v. Roger D. Cowan, Warden, Menard Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. SaranchakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Pike v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
- Kindler v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
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