Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 17, 2018No. 728 CAPPublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.
OPINION
JUSTICE DONOHUE
In this capital appeal, both Appellant Lavar D. Brown ("Brown") and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("Commonwealth") challenge the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County *137dismissing Brown's petition for relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541 - 9546 ("PCRA"). In this case, Brown and the Commonwealth have filed a "Joint Application for Leave to File Post-Submission Communication and Joint Motion to Vacate Death Sentence, Remand for Resentencing to Life…
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- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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