Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/29/1998

Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal

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720 A.2d 79
553 Pa. 485
1998 WL 754624
1998 Pa. LEXIS 2364

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holding that where there is support in the record for a PCRA court’s credibility determinations, this Court is bound by those determinations
concluding that a post-conviction judge’s numerous “intemperate remarks were [not] unjustified or indiscriminate nor did they evidence a settled bias against [the a]ppellant”
holding that a trial court may seat an alternate juror whenever a principal juror becomes unable or disqualified to perform his or her duties
holding that a judge’s affiliation with the Fraternal Order of Police was not grounds for disqualification
holding that a judge’s affiliation with the Fraternal Order of Police was not grounds for disqualification
holding that the PCRA court properly rejected the request for “wholesale discovery of whatever information [the petitioner] ‘believed’ to exist and/or files so that he could discern whether his assertions were true”

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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