COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee
v.
Lavar D. BROWN, Appellant.
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Submitted: September 29, 2017.
Decided: October 17, 2018.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Angell, Samuel J. B. , Ulstad, Tracy L. , Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of PA, Capital Habeas Corpus Unit, The Curtis Center, Suite 545 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3333, for Brown, Lavar, Appellant.
George, Paul M. , District Attorney of Philadelphia, Goode, Lawrence Jonathan , Mahler, Carl L. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, 3 S. Penn Sq. Philadelphia, PA 19107-3499, Zapp, Amy , Office of Attorney General, Strawberry Square, 16th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0001, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee.
Segal, Daniel , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller PC, Hangley Aronchick et al, 1 Logan Sq. Fl. 27, Philadelphia, PA 19103-6995, for Fair and Just Prosecution, Appellee Amicus Curiae.
Austin, Roy L., Jr. , Simeone, Timothy J. , Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, 1919 M. Street NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, Hamermesh, Matthew Aaron , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Hangley Aronchick et al, 1 Logan Sq. Fl. 27, Philadelphia, PA 19103-6995, for Current and Former Prosecutors, Former Judges, and Lgl. Cmty. Ldrs, Appellee Amicus Curiae.
Eisenberg, Ronald , Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Law Enforcement, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, 1600 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, Barker, James Patrick , Henry, Michelle Ann , Selber, Jennifer Creed , Office of Attorney General, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Shapiro, Joshua D. , Office of Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, Appeals & Legal Services Section, 16th Floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, for Shapiro, Josh, Amicus Curiae.
In this capital appeal, both Appellant Lavar D. Brown ("Brown") and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("Commonwealth") challenge the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dismissing Brown's petition for relief filed pursuant to...
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