Commonwealth v. Roney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by398 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. Robinson, A., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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