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COM. v. HACKETT

No. 492 CAP.

956 A.2d 978 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Richard HACKETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Norris E. Gelman, Esq., Philadelphia, for Richard Hackett.

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

OPINION

Justice BAER.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the trial court, which granted Appellee Richard Hackett's second petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546, and awarded him a new trial on the ground that the Commonwealth engaged in purposeful discrimination in the selection of the jury in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106...

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