COM. v. KOEHLER

No. 590 CAP.

36 A.3d 121 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. John Joseph KOEHLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Ann Larin , Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of PA, James Moreno , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for John Joseph Koehler, Jr.

James Patrick Barker , Amy Zapp, PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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


OPINION

Justice BAER.

In this capital case, John Joseph Koehler ("Appellant") appeals from an order of the Bradford County Common Pleas Court, which dismissed his petition for collateral relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"), 42 Pa. C.S. §§ 9541-9546.1 For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm the denial of relief.

The record establishes that in 1996, Appellant was convicted...

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