2004 Pa. Super. 25 - Commonwealth v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Lantzy · Commonwealth v. Fahy · Commonwealth v. Peterkin · Commonwealth v. Murray · Commonwealth v. Robinson
Most-quoted passages
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“There is no question that Tony Bennett was entitled to a new trial: the accomplice liability charge given at his murder trial was erroneous, and his codefendant at trial was granted a new trial on that basis. ... [N]o appellate court has yet addressed Bennett's meritorious claim, apparently due to the serial ineffectiveness of counsel. Bennett thus stands convicted of first-degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment, based on an erroneous accomplice liability charge, for a killing which occurred when his co-conspirators robbed a jewelry store while he waited in the getaway car.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“we are in the unenviable position of denying relief where there is no doubt that justice requires such relief,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Bennett has been denied appellate review of a clearly meritorious issue,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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