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COMMONWEALTH v. SPEIGHT

No. 778 CAP.

249 A.3d 1075 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Melvin SPEIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: April 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Patricia Daly, Esq. , Lawrence Jonathan Goode, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

Timothy Patrick Kane, Esq. , Federal Community Defender's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, for Appellant.

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

OPINION

In 2017, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied appellant Melvin Speight's petition for a writ of habeas corpus relative to challenges to the guilt phase of his state criminal trial, but granted relief with respect to his death sentence and...

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