Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/20/2000

Commonwealth v. Michael

Citations

755 A.2d 1274
562 Pa. 356
2000 Pa. LEXIS 1785

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noting that capital prisoners, unlike other defendants, have an incentive “to utilize every means possible to delay the carrying out of their sentence”
noting that capital prisoners, unlike other defendants, have an incentive \to utilize every means possible to delay the carrying out of their sentence\
holding pre-sentence motion properly denied where defendant’s claims of incompetency at time of guilty plea and difficulty in communicating with counsel were not supported by record
Michael waived any challenge to legality of his guilty plea proceeding where he could have raised challenge on direct appeal and failed to do so

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

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