Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Simon PIRELA, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2007-08-20
Citations: 593 Pa. 312
Docket Number: Appeal No. 448 CAP
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Simon PIRELA, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 593
Pages: 312–312

Head Matter:
929 A.2d 629
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, 592 Pa. 411, 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).