COM. v. HAUN

No. 1 MAP 2011.

32 A.3d 697 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Raymond E. HAUN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Lee Boob , Centre County District Attorney's Office, Elizabeth Ann Hunt , State College, Stacy Parks Miller , Centre County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

David R. Crowley , Bellefonte, for Raymond E. Haun.

Jules Epstein , Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, Philadelphia, Peter David Goldberger , Law Office of Peter Goldberger, Ardmore, Thomas M. Place , for Appellee Amicus Curiae, PA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The question presented is whether a concession of guilt, per se, forecloses prisoner access to review under the Post Conviction Relief Act. In effect, the Commonwealth asks that we revisit the rationale from our opinion in Commonwealth v. Lantzy, 558 Pa. 214, 736 A.2d 564 (1999) ("Lantzy II"), and adopt the reasoning from the Superior Court...

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