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COM. v. WRIGHT

No. 664 CAP

78 A.3d 1070 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. William L. WRIGHT III, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Horatio Nolas, Esq. , Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of PA, for Thomas M. Glenn , Jennifer K. Glenn-Elliott and William H. Wright , Next of Friends, Amicus Curiae.

Richard A. Consiglio, Esq. , Derek J. Elensky, Esq. , Blair County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Anna Margaret Ahronheim, Esq. , for William L. Wright, III.

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

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

In this capital case, the Commonwealth appeals an order finding Appellee incompetent to waive his state post-conviction rights, including his right to counsel.

I. Background

Appellee was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of James Mowery. While his direct appeal was pending, Appellee filed a pro se habeas corpus petition in federal court, see 42 U.S.C. § 2254, asking that court to direct this...

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