Commonwealth v. Tilley (Majority Opinion)

State: Pennsylvania

Docket No: 9 EAP 2000

Case Date: 09/27/2001

Plaintiff: Commonwealth

Defendant: Tilley (Majority Opinion)

Preview:[J-208-2000] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : : Appellant : : : v. : : : WILLIAM TILLEY, : : Appellee : : : :

No. 9 E.D. Appeal Docket 2000 Appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County entered 2/23/00 at No. 1078-1082 December Term 1985

SUBMITTED: December 22, 2000

OPINION MR. JUSTICE NIGRO DECIDED: September 26, 2001

At issue in this appeal is whether the PCRA1 court erred in ordering the Commonwealth to produce all data in its custody, including the prosecuting attorney's notes, related to the racial composition of the jury in Appellee William Tilley's murder trial. For the reasons that follow, we reverse. Appellee was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1987.2 In 1996, Appellee filed a pro se PCRA petition, which was amended by court-appointed counsel. One of the claims Appellee raised in his amended PCRA petition was that the

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Post-Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S.

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