Pennsylvania v. Robinson (majority)
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Appellant raped and brutally murdered three women in separate incidents over a one-year span. Prior to the capital murder trial, appellant pled guilty to three counts of burglary, two counts of attempted criminal homicide, and two counts of firearms not to be carried without a license. The jury returned a guilty verdict of first-degree murder for each murder as well as guilty verdicts on all remaining charges. Appellant appealed a Court of Common Pleas order his first petition for relief. Finding that appellant did not meet his burden for relief, the Supreme Court affirmed the PCRA court.
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