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Commonwealth v. Flor, R., Aplt.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 25, 2016No. 708 CAPPublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice WECHT.

In a petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act,1 Robert Anthony Flor alleged ineffective assistance of counsel at his homicide trial. After two years of proceedings in the PCRA court, the Commonwealth moved for the production of documents, requesting “access to the complete records” of trial counsel.2 This file included some 30,000 pages of documents pertaining to Flor’s conviction, sentence, and direct appeal, and filled twelve banker’s boxes. At a hearing on the Commonwealth’s motion, Flor’s PCRA counsel requested several weeks to review the file to…

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