Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/20/2001

Commonwealth v. Morris

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771 A.2d 721
565 Pa. 1
2001 Pa. LEXIS 807

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recognizing that, because appeal was capital defendant’s second PCRA petition, the potential that he was “merely using the process to delay the execution of his sentence [wa]s greater”
recognizing that, because appeal was capital defendant's second PCRA petition, the potential that he was \merely using the process to delay the execution of his sentence [wa]s greater\
recognizing that, because appeal was capital defendant's second PCRA petition, the potential that he was \merely using the process to delay the execution of his sentence [wa]s greater\
recognizing that, because appeal was capital defendant’s second PCRA petition, the potential that he was “merely using the process to delay the execution of his sentence [wa]s greater”
holding that “a lower court may not exercise its inherent right to grant a stay except within the confínes enumerated by § 9545(c)” of the Post Conviction Relief Act
holding that a stay of a capital prisoner's execution is \substantive\

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

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