Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Roney

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 30, 2013PublishedCited by 398 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

Christopher Roney (“Appellant”) appeals from the denial of his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act1 (“PCRA”), following his conviction of first-degree murder and other offenses, *601the imposition of a sentence of death, and this Court’s affirmance of his judgment of sentence. We affirm the order of the PCRA court.

The relevant facts of this case are as follows.2 On January 2, 1996, at approximately 8:20 a.m., Appellant and another man, subsequently identified as Mark Canty, entered a PNC Bank branch located on Rising Sun Avenue in Philadelphia and…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by398 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. Mason, L., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Burton, S.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Commonwealth v. BlakeneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. Commonwealth v. Robinson, A., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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