Title: Commonwealth v. Jerry Marshall (Dissenting Opinion)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 216 CAPITAL APPEAL DOCKET
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: November 22, 2002

[J-93-1999] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. JERRY MARSHALL, Appellant : : : : : : : : : : : No. 216 CAP Appeal from the Order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, dated December 29, 1997, denying relief under the Post-Conviction Relief Act SUBMITTED: April 5, 1999 DISSENTING OPINION MR. JUSTICE SAYLOR DECIDED: November 22, 2002 I find the allegations and affidavits of the amended petition sufficient to implicate an evidentiary hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Williams, 557 Pa. 207, 732 A.2d 1167 (1999). Since no such post-conviction hearing was afforded, I respectfully dissent. Madame Justice Newman joins this dissenting opinion.