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Com. v. Spence

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
May 17, 2000
561 Pa. 344 (Pa. 2000)

Summary

In Commonwealth v. Spence, 561 Pa. 344, 750 A.2d 303 (2000) (per curiam), for example, after this Court vacated the denial of PCRA relief and remanded for further proceedings, McMahon offered race-neutral explanations for all of the challenged peremptory strikes.

Summary of this case from Com. v. Cook

Opinion

J-270-99.

Submitted: December 21, 1999.

Decided: May 17, 2000.

Appeal from the Order entered on August 3, 1998 in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division at No. 3391 September Term, 1986. No. 238 Capital Appeal Dkt.

Robert Brett Dunham, Philadelphia, for Morris Spence.

Catherine Marshall, Philadelphia, for for Com.

Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Office of Atty. Gen.

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


ORDER


AND NOW, this 17th day of May, 2000, the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dated August 3, 1998, denying the Petition for Post-Conviction Relief, is vacated and the matter is remanded to the common pleas court. Present counsel shall be permitted to file an amended petition for collateral relief within thirty days, following which the matter shall proceed in accordance with Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 1506(e)(1) and 1509.

Jurisdiction is relinquished.


Summaries of

Com. v. Spence

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
May 17, 2000
561 Pa. 344 (Pa. 2000)

In Commonwealth v. Spence, 561 Pa. 344, 750 A.2d 303 (2000) (per curiam), for example, after this Court vacated the denial of PCRA relief and remanded for further proceedings, McMahon offered race-neutral explanations for all of the challenged peremptory strikes.

Summary of this case from Com. v. Cook
Case details for

Com. v. Spence

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. MORRIS SPENCE, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District

Date published: May 17, 2000

Citations

561 Pa. 344 (Pa. 2000)
750 A.2d 303

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