Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Carpenter

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 26, 1999No. 178 Capital Appeal DocketPublished

1Opinion of the Court

555 Pa. 434 (1999)

725 A.2d 154

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee

v.

James Henry CARPENTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted May 19, 1998.

Decided January 26, 1999.

Reargument Denied May 7, 1999.

Robert Brett Dunham, Philadelphia, for J. Carpenter.

Thomas H. Kelley, York, for the Com. Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Office of Atty. Gen.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

James Henry Carpenter (Appellant) appeals from the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of York County (PCRA court) that denied his petition…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Espinosa v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. Commonwealth v. MoralesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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