Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lambert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 2001No. 223 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice CASTILLE.
In this appeal from the denial of appellant’s petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq., appellant alleges various claims of trial court error, prosecutorial misconduct, and ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we find that appellant is not entitled to relief and, accordingly, we affirm the order of the PCRA court.1
Appellant was convicted on April 25, 1984, of first degree murder, robbery, conspiracy, and related offenses in connection with the murder of two…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Smith v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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3Cited by106 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. LambertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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