Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/17/1988

Commonwealth v. Lawson

Citations

549 A.2d 107
519 Pa. 504
1988 Pa. LEXIS 244

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concluding that a second or any subsequent post-conviction request for relief “may be entertained only for the purpose of avoiding a demonstrated miscarriage of justice, which no civilized society can tolerate”
holding that a second request for collateral relief \will not be entertained unless a strong prima facie showing is offered to demonstrate that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred.\
holding that a second request for collateral relief “will not be entertained unless a strong prima facie showing is offered to demonstrate that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred.”
holding that a second or subsequent petition for post-conviction relief will not be entertained unless a strong prima facie showing is offered to demonstrate a miscarriage of justice may have occurred
holding that a second or subsequent petition for post-conviction relief will not be entertained unless a strong prima facie showing is offered to demonstrate a miscarriage of justice may have occurred
stating that “[a] repetitive or serial petition may be entertained only for the purpose of avoiding a demonstrated miscarriage of justice[.]”

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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Stout, Larsen

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