Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Reid, A., Aplt

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 20, 2014No. 563 CAPPublishedCited by 144 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice TODD.

This is a capital appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying Appellant Anthony Reid’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction *165Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. Background

In the early evening of March 7, 1989, a group of boys was throwing snowballs at passing cars in a Philadelphia neighborhood. One of the snowballs struck a vehicle driven by Appellant, who was also known as “Tone” or “Tone-Bey.” PCRA Court Supplemental Rule 1925(a) Opinion, 2/14/11 (“PCRA Court Opinion”),…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by144 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Mason, L., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  3. Commonwealth v. Woodard, A., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. Commonwealth v. JaroszSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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