Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Thomas

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 16, 1998PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHILLER, Judge.

Appellant, Robert Thomas, appeals from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County denying his petition for post-conviction relief on the basis that it was untimely under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9545. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS:

On November 19, 1991, following several controlled buys of narcotics involving appellant and various police informants, police obtained a search warrant and searched appellant’s residence. They recovered both marijuana and cocaine, as well as a semiautomatic weapon. On September 9, 1992, appellant pled guilty to one count each of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Lisa Michelle Lambert v. Charlotte Blackwell, Mrs., Superintendent the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Lawrence Lines v. David Larkins, Warden the District Attorney of the County of Bucks the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. BoydSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Commonwealth v. GarciaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. FairirorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. BeckSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004

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