Title: Commonwealth v. Speight, Aplt (Per Curiam Order)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 551 CAP
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: December 28, 2009

J-118-2009 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. MELVIN SPEIGHT, Appellant : : : : : : : : : : : No. 551 CAP Appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division, entered on April 26, 2007, at No. CP-51-CR-1036271-1992 ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 28th day of December, 2009, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County is affirmed. See Commonwealth v. Marshall, 596 Pa. 587, 947 A.2d 714 (2008) (holding that a post-conviction petitioner has 60 days from the date of publication of 1997 Philadelphia Magazine article to raise claims based thereon under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)); Commonwealth v. Fahy, 598 Pa. 584, 959 A.2d 312 (2008) (same).