Pennsylvania v. Rivera (majority)
Annotate this CaseIn 2008, a jury convicted Appellant Cletus Rivera of the first degree murder of Police Officer Scott Wertz. Appellant was sentenced to death, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed his judgment of sentence. After affording Appellant notice of its intent to dismiss his PCRA petition without conducting an evidentiary hearing, the PCRA court dismissed Appellant’s petition, holding there were no genuine issues of material fact and no meritorious issues. Appellant appealed that decision to the Supreme Court. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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