Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rompilla
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 10, 1998No. 152 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIGRO, Justice.
In this capital case, Appellant Ronald Rompilla appeals from the Order of the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas, which denied his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
On November 1, 1988, Appellant was convicted of murdering James Scanlon on January 14, 1988 in Scanlon’s bar, the Cozy Corner Cafe, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Scanlon’s son discovered his father’s body lying behind the bar in a pool of blood. Scanlon had been stabbed repeatedly and set on fire. His wallet had been…
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