Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Lee BAKER, a/k/a Herbert Baker, Jr., Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1995-05-08
Citations: 656 A.2d 116
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Lee BAKER, a/k/a Herbert Baker, Jr., Appellant.
Judges: Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 656
Pages: 116–116

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Lee BAKER, a/k/a Herbert Baker, Jr., Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Dec. 15, 1994.
Decided May 8, 1995.
Reargument Denied May 19, 1995.
Daniel Silverman, for Baker.
Catherine Marshall, Karen A. Brancheau, Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Robert A. Graei, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for Com.
Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
The Order entered by this Court on March 28, 1995, is hereby VACATED.
The Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dismissing Appellant's second petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq., is hereby AFFIRMED. The issue raised by Appellant was previously litigated on direct appeal to this court, and, thus, Appellant is ineligible for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act. 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543(3), 9544(a)(2) .
ZAPPALA, J., files a concurring statement.
MONTEMURO, J., is sitting by designation.
. The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court is directed to transmit, as soon as possible, the full and complete record of the case sub judice to the Governor of Pennsylvania. 42 Pa.C.S. § 971 l(i).