Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Scarborough

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 4, 2010No. 1538 MDA 2009PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

COLVILLE, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals the order granting Milton Scarborough’s motion for DNA testing pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9543.1. We quash this appeal.

Facts

In 1977, Scarborough was convicted of three murders and related offenses. 1 Scarborough was then sentenced to an aggregate incarceration of not less than thirty and not more than sixty years’ imprisonment. Thereafter, he undertook a number of appellate and collateral efforts but did not obtain relief.

In 2008, Scarborough filed a motion for DNA testing with respect to several specific items of evidence related to the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BennettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. WrecksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Commonwealth v. HardySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. PerrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. EdmistonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. FreySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. SabulaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Com. v. Blake, R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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