Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Ligon

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 11, 2019No. 139 EDA 2018PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY McLAUGHLIN, J.:

*517 Tyrece Ligon, appeals from the order entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, which denied his first petition brought pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541 - 9546. Ligon claims trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor's allegedly impermissible remarks made during closing arguments to the jury. We affirm.

The PCRA court accurately set forth the facts of this case in its opinion filed pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 1925(a) and we do not reiterate them in their…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. OusleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. LigonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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