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COM. v. ABU-JAMAL

833 A.2d 719 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Mumia ABU-JAMAL, a/k/a Wesley Cook, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 8, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Farrell, Marlene Kamish, pro hac vice, Nicholas Brown, pro hac vice, Eliot Grossman, pro hac vice, for Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Michael Coard, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Rocky Mountain Human Rights Law Group, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, et al.

Hugh J. Burns, Amy Zapp, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

Mumia Abu-Jamal appeals from the order denying his petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. We affirm.1

The PCRA court aptly set forth the procedural history of the case:

On December 9, 1981, Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner was shot and killed while on duty...

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