Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/27/2013

Commonwealth v. Robinson

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82 A.3d 998
623 Pa. 345
2013 Pa. LEXIS 3265

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holding that in the context of a PCRA proceeding, an issue is waived if appellant could have raised it but failed to do so on direct appeal
observing in dicta there is “little doubt that actual Atkins claims implicate the legality of sentencing”
commenting on the impact of multiple murders upon lay jurors in capital sentencing
commenting on the impact of multiple murders upon lay jurors in capital sentencing
\It is well-settled that a PCRA court’s credibility determinations are binding upon an appellate court so long as they are supported by the record.\
“To be entitled to PCRA relief, appellant must establish, [inter alia], that his conviction or sentence resulted from one or more of the enumerated errors in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543(a)(2)[.]”

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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaffery, Saylor, Stevens, Todd

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