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Commonwealth v. Bronshtein

Citations

  • 729 A.2d 1102
  • 556 Pa. 545

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  • applying Whitmore reasoning to issue concerning mother and sister’s standing as putative next friends of defendant to appeal the voluntary dismissal of his PCRA petition
  • upholding the validity of a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of a capital prisoner’s right to pursue post-conviction remedies
  • upholding the validity of a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of a capital prisoner's right to pursue post-conviction remedies
  • upholding PCRA court’s finding after conducting a lengthy colloquy that petitioner’s waiver of his right to seek post-conviction relief was knowing and intelligent
  • applying the Whitmore reasoning to mother and sister’s standing as putative next friends of defendant to appeal the voluntary dismissal of his PCRA petition
  • upholding waiver following lengthy colloquy before PCRA court

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

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