COM. v. CRAWLEY


924 A.2d 612 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Dewitt CRAWLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawn Nolan, Esq., for Dewitt Crawley.

Jeffrey Michael Krulik, Esq., Amy Zapp, Esq., Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Esq., Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.


OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

Appellant Dewitt Crawley requests that this court reconsider the standard for evaluating a determination as to mental retardation in death penalty cases that we announced in Commonwealth v. Miller, 585 Pa. 144, 888 A.2d 624 (2005). For the reasons stated herein, we reaffirm our decision in Miller. We also affirm the order of the PCRA court dismissing Crawley's PCRA petition...

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