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· 3/11/1987

Commonwealth v. Weddington

Citations

  • 522 A.2d 1050
  • 514 Pa. 46
  • 1987 Pa. LEXIS 660

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The controlling factor in determining whether a petition may be dismissed without a hearing is the status of the substantive assertions in the petition.”
  • \The controlling factor in determining whether a petition may be dismissed without a hearing is the status of the substantive assertions in the petition.\
  • where statute provided that post-conviction petitions may be considered at any time, laches would not bar relief

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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