Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 1994PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Clifford Smith, appeals from the denial of his petition for relief filed under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546 (“PCRA”), in which he alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel as well as constitutionally-based defects in his trial and sentence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the Court of Common Pleas’ denial of Appellant’s petition.
On November 23, 1983, in a trial by jury, Appellant was found guilty of robbery, 1 possession of instruments of crime, 2 criminal conspiracy, 3 and murder of the first degree. 4 A separate…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. HowardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Clifford Smith v. Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections James Price, Superintendent, of the State Correctional Institution at Greene, and Joseph P. Mazurkiewicz, Superintendent, of the State Correctional Institution at Rockview Clifford Smith v. Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections James Price, Superintendent, of the State Correctional Institution at Greene, and Joseph P. Mazurkiewicz, Superintendent, of the State Correctional Institution at RockviewCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Commonwealth v. FletcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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