Opinion ID: 2557847
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Jackson Filed A Second Motion For Postconviction Relief, The Denial Of Which Is The Subject Of This Appeal.

Text: Jackson filed his second Motion for Postconviction Relief on October 19, 2006. A new Superior Court judge reviewed and decided this matter because the judge who had presided over all of Jackson's pre-trial, trial, sentencing, resentencing, and first postconviction proceedings retired before Jackson filed this motion. While this motion was pending in the Superior Court, Jackson filed a Motion for Leave to File a Successive Federal Habeas Petition in the Third Circuit. The Third Circuit denied this motion for leave on April 3, 2007. Jackson then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States Supreme Court, which that Court denied on April 14, 2008. The Superior Court denied Jackson's second Motion for Postconviction Relief on November 25, 2008. Jackson now appeals this judgment. After this Court heard oral argument, we remanded the case to the Superior Court and retained jurisdiction because the Superior Court did not address Jackson's argument that his death sentence violated his due process rights under Gardner v. Florida [3] when it denied his postconviction motion. The Superior Court addressed the Gardner issues and determined that they do not entitle Jackson to relief. We then asked the parties for supplemental briefing on his Gardner claim.