COM. v. THOMAS


396 Pa.Super. 92 (1990)

578 A.2d 422

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles Lamont THOMAS, a/k/a Charles Lamount, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cuthbert A. Johnson, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Claire C. Capristo, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Com.

Before CAVANAUGH, WIEAND and KELLY, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this case we are called upon to determine whether a second PCRA petition1 must be reviewed under the standard of Commonwealth v. Lawson, 519 Pa. 504, 549 A.2d 107 (1988), when the second PCRA petition is identical to a first PCRA petition dismissed on grounds of procedural default, except in raising...

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