Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Widgins
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 29, 2011No. 2718 EDA 2009PublishedCited by 332 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
MUSMANNO, J.:
Lionel Widgins (“Widgins”) appeals from the Order denying his Petition for relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”). 1 Widgins’s counsel has filed an Application to withdraw from representation and an “Anders Brief.” 2 We affirm.
The PCRA court summarized the history underlying the instant appeal as follows:
On April 4, 2007, following a non-jury trial, [Widgins] was convicted of possessing a controlled substance with intent to deliver. [See 35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(30).] On September 19, 2007, [Widgins] was sentenced to five (5) to ten (10) years [of]…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Commonwealth v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
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3Cited by332 opinions
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- Robert Jenkins v. Superintendent Laurel HighlandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
- Commonwealth v. FreelandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. ReedSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Com. v. Kennedy, S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
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