COM. v. WILLIAMS

No. 14 EM 2015

129 A.3d 1199 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Terrance WILLIAMS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Peter Johnson, Esq. , Michael Lee Kichline, Esq. , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, Amicus Curiae.

Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq. , Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Rodney A. Corey, Esq. , Thomas Walter Dymek, Esq. , James Guthrie Mann, Esq. , Pennsylvania House of Representatives, for Speaker of the House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae.

J. Andrew Crompton, Esq. , Michael Curry Gerdes, Esq. , Pennsylvania Senate, for President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae.

Sean Martin Concannon, Esq. , Marisa Grace Zizzi Lehr, Esq. , Office of General Counsel, H. Geoffrey Moulton Jr., Esq. , Pennsylvania Governor's Office of General Counsel, Denise Joy Smyler, Esq. , Philadelphia, for Tom Wolf.

Timothy Patrick Kane, Esq. , Federal Public Defender's Office, Shawn Nolan, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Terrance Williams.

Nicole Jeanne Aiken, Esq. , John Norig Ellison, Esq. , Philadelphia, Mariah Haller McGrogan, Esq. , Ginevra Felice Ventre, Esq., Pittsburgh, Michael Patrick Yingling, Esq. , Reed Smith LLP, Mary Catherine Roper, Esq. , Witold J. Walczak, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union of PA, for Jewish Social Policy Action Network, Philadelphia Bar Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Amici Curiae.


OPINION

This case presents the issue of whether Governor Tom Wolf exceeded his constitutional authority pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(a) of the Pennsylvania Constitution when he issued a temporary reprieve to death row inmate Terrance Williams pending receipt of the forthcoming report of the Pennsylvania Task Force...

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