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COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

No. 713 CAP.

174 A.3d 1050 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Roderick Andre JOHNSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ross Stoycos, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Amy Zapp, Esq. , for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant.

Samuel J. B. Angell, Esq. , David Lee Zuckerman, Esq. , Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of PA, for Roderick Andre Johnson, Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

In 1997, Roderick Johnson was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to death. Several years later, Johnson discovered that the Commonwealth had concealed certain documents that would have cast doubt upon the credibility of a key prosecution witness. The court of common...

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