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COM. v. LESKO

509 Pa. 67 (1985)

501 A.2d 200

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. John Charles LESKO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rabe F. Marsh, III (court-appointed), Greensburg, Welsh S. White, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John J. Driscoll, Dist. Atty., John W. Peck, Greensburg, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

John Charles Lesko, appellant, appealed to us a Westmoreland County Common Pleas order denying his petition for post-conviction relief from that court's death sentence without a hearing. After filing his appeal in this Court, he asked us to transfer the record to Superior Court, claiming that we lacked initial appellate jurisdiction over post-conviction appeals in capital cases. On the merits, asserting breach of...

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