Title: Commonwealth v. Pirela, Simon (Per Curiam Order)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 448 CAPITAL APPEAL DOCKET
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: August 22, 2007

J-74-2005 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant v. SIMON PIRELA, Appellee : : : : : : : : : : : No. 448 CAP Appeal from the Order entered on 04-30- 2004 in the Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division of Philadelphia County granting PCRA petition at Nos. 2143 January Term 1983. SUBMITTED: April 18, 2005 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, 925 A.2d 167 (Pa. 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).