COM. v. ABDUL-SALAAM

No. 625 CAP

42 A.3d 983 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Seifullah ABDUL-SALAAM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Ann Larin , Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of PA, Michael Wiseman , David Lee Zuckerman , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for Seifullah Abdul-Salaam.

Jaime M. Keating , Cumberland County District Attorney's Office, Amy Zapp , PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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


ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 5th day of April, 2012, the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, denying relief under the Post-Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541-9546, is hereby AFFIRMED. We write in elaboration primarily to address concerns of the federal district court, which has pending before it appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1

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