Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sneed
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 19, 2006No. 366 CAPPublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice CASTILLE.
The instant matter is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the order of the Court of Common Pleas granting Willie Sneed, appellee herein, a new trial and new penalty hearing pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the PCRA court’s order to the extent that it granted a new penalty hearing, but we vacate the grant of a new trial.
On March 14, 1985, a jury sitting before the Honorable George J. Ivins convicted appellee of first degree murder 1 and possession of an instrument of crime. 2 According…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by133 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. MarshallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
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- Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
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