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COM. v. ABU-JAMAL

No. 485 CAP.

941 A.2d 1263 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Mumia ABU-JAMAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith L. Ritter, Esq., Widener University School of Law, Paul M George, Esq., McKinney & George, for Mumia Abul-Jamal.

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

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD and McCAFFERY, JJ.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

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

Appellant was sentenced to death in 1983 for the brutal shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer. This Court affirmed, Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal, 521 Pa. 188, 555 A.2d...

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