COM. v. CROSS


555 Pa. 603 (1999)

726 A.2d 333

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Charles Eugene CROSS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 25, 1999.

Reargument Denied April 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Titus, Thomas M. Hardiman, Pittsburgh, Robert B. Dunham, Philadelphia, for C. Cross.

Ahmed Aziz, Beaver, Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

In 1982 Cross was convicted by a jury of three counts of first degree murder and was sentenced to death. This court affirmed the judgment of sentence. 508 Pa. 322, 496 A.2d 1144 (Pa.1985).

In 1991, Cross filed a petition for post-conviction relief in the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County. His petition was dismissed on June 1...

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