Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Liebel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 9, 2003No. 33 MAP 2002PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice NIGRO.
We granted allowance of appeal to determine whether the Superior Court erred in finding that Appellant John Liebel was not entitled to file a Petition for Allowance of Appeal (“PAA”) to this Court nunc pro tunc based on his claim in his PCRA 1 petition that his appellate counsel had been ineffective for failing to file a PAA to this Court on direct appeal. For the reasons outlined below, we reverse the decision of the Superior Court.
On September 15, 1997, Appellant, represented by appointed counsel, entered a general guilty plea to the charge of murder for the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. LantzySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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