Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Simon PIRELA, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2007-08-20
Citations: 929 A.2d 629
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Simon PIRELA, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 929
Pages: 629–629

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Simon PIRELA, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted April 18, 2005.
Aug. 20, 2007.
Amy Zapp, Esq., Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Esq., Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
George Gabriel Gordon, Esq., Dechert L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Simon Pirela.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 20th day of August, 2007, the order of the Court of Common Pleas is affirmed. See Commonwealth v. Gibson, — Pa. -, 925 A.2d 167 (2007) (when Post Conviction Relief Act court's findings are supported by substantial evidence and legal conclusion is not clearly erroneous, determination petitioner is mentally retarded and cannot be executed is affirmed).