Title: Commonwealth v. Bracey, Aplt (Concurring Opinion)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

[J-64-2009] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. EDWARD BRACEY, Appellant : : : : : : : : : : : No. 565 CAP Appeal from the Order entered on 6/12/07 in the Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division of Philadelphia County dismissing PCRA relief at No. CP-51-CR-0632821- 1991 SUBMITTED: May 19, 2009 CONCURRING OPINION MR. JUSTICE SAYLOR DECIDED: December 29, 2009 I join the well-reasoned majority opinion in the landscape of Pennsylvania law as it now exists. I merely note that, left to my own devices, I would treat the present category of claims of death ineligibility under traditional principles of state habeas corpus law, for the reasons stated in my dissent in Commonwealth v. Steele, 599 Pa. 341, 434-35, 961 A.2d 786, 842 (2008) (Saylor, J., dissenting).