Commonwealth v. Sepulveda

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.1

This is a capital appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County denying appellant Manuel Marcus Sepulveda’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. For the reasons that follow, we remand for further, limited proceedings before the PCRA court.

*1115A. BACKGROUND

The facts underlying appellant’s sentences of death are discussed more fully in appellant’s direct appeal, Commonwealth v. Sepulveda, 579 Pa. 217, 855 A.2d 783, 786-89 (2004) (plurality), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 1169, 126 S.Ct. 1330, 164…