Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Judge

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 23, 2002No. 279PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice NEWMAN.

Roger Judge (Appellant) appeals from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (PCRA court), which dismissed the Post Conviction Relief Act 1 (PCRA) Petition of Appellant. Based upon the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In April of 1987, Appellant was tried for the murders of Christopher Outterbridge (Outterbridge) and Tabatha Mitchell. The evidence submitted at trial, as summarized by this Court on direct review, demonstrated that:

On the evening of September 13, 1984, Christopher Outterbridge was engaged in a conversation…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Gamboa-TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Molinaro v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Estelle v. DorroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. YarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Pace v. DiGuglielmoSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. BerrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. DotySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. JudgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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