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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITALPOST-CONVICTION REVERSALS
AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITIONS
Compiled byRobert Brett Dunham
April 23, 2018
PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
PCRA Relief (116)
® LESLIE BEASLEY Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 9, 1988
Pa. Supremes Reversed Jan. 26, 1990
® FREDERICK MAXWELL Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing 1992
Pa. Supremes Reversed May 26, 1993
1. Robert DeHart Huntingdon Pa. Supremes New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 22, 1994
2. Benjamin Terry Montgomery Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 22, 1996
3. Florencio Rolan Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 5, 1997
4. Salvador Morales Philadelphia Pa. Supremes New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 17, 1997
5. Robert Bryant Allegheny Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 24, 1998
6. Willard Moran Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Jan. 25, 1999
7. George Edwards Lackawanna Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing June 16, 1999
8. Harold Wilson Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 19, 1999
9. James Jones Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing (record) June 21, 2000
10. Tyrone Moore Luzerne Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 22, 2000
Pa. Supremes Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 21, 2004
11. James Strong Luzerne Pa. Supremes New Trial Nov. 28, 2000
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
® Melvin Speight Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 12, 2000
Withdrawn on reconsideration April 3, 2001
®! William Gribble Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing March 22, 2001
Pa. Supremes Withdrawn and remanded on appeal Dec. 21, 2004
Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 8, 2007
! James Jones Philadelphia Common Pleas ! New Sentencing Hearing(evidentiary hearing)
June 12, 2001
12. Angel Reyes Delaware Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing July 2, 2001
13. Dennis Counterman Lehigh Common Pleas New Trial Aug. 27, 2001
New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 27, 2001
14. William Basemore Philadelphia Common Pleas New Trial Dec.19, 2001
15. Willie Sneed Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Jan. 4, 2002
® New Trial Jan. 4, 2002
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing June 19, 2006
Reversed Grant of New Trial June 19, 2006
16. Nathaniel McNair Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 19, 2002
17. Ronald Collins Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar . 7, 2002
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
18. Jerome Gibson Bucks Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing May 22, 2002
19. FRED THOMAS Philadelphia Common Pleas New Trial May 31, 2002
20. Sherman Craver Delaware Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing June 21, 2002
21. Johnny Ray Harris Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 12, 2002
22. Peter MichaelKarenbauer
Lawrence Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Sept. 23, 2002
23. Karl Chambers York Pa. Supremes New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 26, 2002
24. Kenneth Ford Philadelphia Pa. Supremes New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 24, 2002
®! Joseph Miller Dauphin Common Pleas ® Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Dec. 18, 2002
Pa. Supremes Reversed and remanded for furtherproceedings
Dec. 27, 2006
Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Aug. 24, 2007
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
July 23 2008
25. Roger Proctor Crawford Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 30, 2002
! Harold Wilson Philadelphia Common Pleas New Trial Jan. 17, 2003
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
® Henry Daniels Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Trial Jan. 29, 2003
Pa. Supremes Reversed New Trial Jan. 23, 2009
Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 26, 2011
Pa. Supremes Reversed New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 30, 2014
®! Kevin Pelzer Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Trial Jan. 29, 2003
Pa. Supremes Reversed new trial Jan. 23, 2009
Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 26, 2011
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 30, 2014
26. Alexander Keaton Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 10, 2003
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing May 30, 2012
27. Robert Cook Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 13, 2003
®! Damon Jones Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing March 13, 2003
Pa. Supremes Vacated and remanded Dec. 29, 2006
Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 3, 2007
28. Ronald Clark Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 17, 2003
29. John Ockenhouse Lehigh Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Apr. 16, 2003
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
®! Christopher Williams Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Trial June 2, 2003
Pa. Supremes Reversed and remanded Nov. 26, 2007
Common Pleas New Trial Dec. 30, 2013
30. Nathan Scott Montgomery Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
June 30, 2003
31. Nicholas Yarris Delaware Common Pleas New Trial Aug. 27, 2003
®! Kenneth Williams Lehigh Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 17, 2003
Pa. Supremes Reversed and remanded June 19, 2006
Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 17, 2006
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing June 17, 2008
32. Dell Gease Delaware Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 14, 2003
33. Rodney Griffin Delaware Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 16, 2003
34. Harrison “Marty”Graham
Philadelphia Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Dec. 18, 2003
® Anthony Fletcher Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Trial Feb. 26, 2004
Pa. Supremes Reversed and remanded for furtherproceedings
Apr. 21, 2006
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
35. Bradley Martin Lebanon Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 4, 2004
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 17, 2010
36. Morris Spence Philadelphia Common Pleas New Trial Mar. 22, 2004
37. Shawn Walker Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 21, 2004
38. Simon Pirela Philadelphia Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Apr. 30, 2004
39. Louis Thompson Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence May 21, 2004
40. Andre Thompson Philadelphia Common Pleas New Trial June 1, 2004
New Sentencing Hearing June 1, 2004
41. Jonathan Fisher Montgomery Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 6, 2004
! Tyrone Moore Luzerne Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 21, 2004
® Steven Duffey Lackawanna Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 18, 2004
Pa. Supremes Reversed Dec. 28, 2005
42. Al Peoples Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Nov. 23, 2004
! Jerome Gibson Bucks Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Nov. 26, 2004
® John Small York Common Pleas ® New Trial Dec. 16, 2004
Pa. Supremes Reversed October 5, 2009
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
43. Rodney Collins Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 16, 2005
44. Kevin Hughes Philadelphia Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Roper v.Simmons
Mar. 21, 2005
® Antoine Ligons Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing June 23, 2005
Pa Supremes Reversed May 27, 2009
!® Al Peoples Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Trial June 29, 2005
Pa. Supremes Reversed Dec. 18, 2008
45. Percy Lee Philadelphia Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Roper v.Simmons
Sept. 21, 2005
® Richard Hackett Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Trial Oct. 5, 2005
Pa. Supremes Reversed Sept. 26, 2008
Common Pleas ® Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
June 28, 2012
Pa. Supremes Reversed Aug. 18, 2014
46. Robert Douglas Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 10, 2005
47. Robert Zook Lancaster Pa. Supremes New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 28, 2005
48. Donnetta Hill Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 5, 2005
49. William Johnson Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 12, 2005
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
! Ronald Collins Philadelphia Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 27, 2005
50. David Sattazahn Berks Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 31, 2006
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing July 24, 2008
51. Dino Rucci Washington Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 12, 2006
52. Matthew Kemp Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 13, 2006
53. Steven McCrae Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 13, 2006
®! Ronald Gibson Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 26, 2006
Pa. Supremes Reversed and remanded for additionalfactfinding
July 24, 2008
Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing July 17, 2009
Pa. Supremes Reversed new sentencing May 12, 2011
54. Freeman May Lebanon Pa. Supremes New Sentencing Hearing May 25, 2006
! Willie Sneed Philadelphia Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing June 19, 2006
Reversed Grant of New Trial June 19, 2006
55. Thomas Gorby Washington Pa. Supremes New Sentencing Hearing June 20, 2006
56. Craig Williams Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing July 11, 2006
57. Steven Hutchinson Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing July 25, 2006
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
® John Lesko Westmoreland Common Pleas ® New Trial Aug. 7, 2006
® New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 7, 2006
Pa. Supremes Reversed new trial and sentence Feb. 24, 2011
58. Kenneth Williams Lehigh Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 3, 2006
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing June 17, 2008
59. LeRoy Thomas (a/k/aJohn Wayne)
Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Jan. 11, 2007
60. William Gribble Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 8, 2007
61.®!
Raymond Johnson Berks Common Pleas ® New Trial Mar. 9, 2007
New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 9, 2007
Pa. Supremes Reversed new trial Mar. 18, 2009
Common Pleas Nolo contendre plea to third-degreemurder; resentenced to 60-123 months
Aug. 14, 2009
62. WILLIAM TILLEY Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Apr. 30, 2007
! Jerome Gibson Bucks Pa Supremes ! Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
June 26, 2007
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
®! Ronald Weiss Indiana Common Pleas ® New Trial July 31, 2007
Pa Supremes Reversed new trial Dec. 29, 2009
Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 19, 2012
63. Damon Jones Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 3, 2007
®! Jose DeJesus - I Philadelphia Common Pleas ® Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Aug. 10, 2007
Pa. Supremes Reversed and remanded Dec. 14, 2012
Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
January 4, 2018
! Simon Pirela Philadelphia Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
Aug. 20, 2007
64. Joseph Miller Dauphin Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Aug. 24, 2007
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
July 23 2008
65. Ronald Hanible Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Jan. 8, 2008
66. Raymond Whitney Philadelphia Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 16, 2008
67. Michael Rainey Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Mar. 3, 2008
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
68. Samuel Carson Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Apr. 1, 2008
69. Wilfredo Ramos Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Apr. 17, 2008
70. Ronald Champney Schuylkill Common Pleas New trial June 3, 2008
New Sentencing Hearing June 3, 2008
Pa. Supremes ! New Trial Affirmed by EquallyDivided Court (3-3)
Apr. 24, 2013
! Kenneth Williams Lehigh Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing June 17, 2008
71. Washington, Vinson -I
Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence July 15, 2008
72. Washington, Vinson -II
Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence July 15, 2008
! Joseph Miller Dauphin Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
July 23 2008
! David Sattazahn Berks Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing July 24, 2008
73. Jose Marrero Erie Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 8, 2009
! Washington, Vinson -I
Philadelphia Pa. Supremes Granting remand to implementstipulated vacation of sentence
March 20, 2009
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
! Washington, Vinson -II
Philadelphia Pa. Supremes Granting remand to implementstipulated vacation of sentence
March 20, 2009
74. Robert Freeman Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence May 29, 2009
75. James Melvin Smith Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence June 16, 2009
® Ronald Gibson Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing July 17, 2009
Pa. Supremes Reversed new sentencing May 12, 2011
76. Connie Williams Allegheny Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Apr. 15, 2010
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Jan. 22, 2013
77. Wayne Smith Delaware Pa. Supremes New sentencing hearing May 27, 2010
®! Joseph Elliott Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New trial May 28, 2010
Pa. Supremes Reversed Nov. 21, 2013
Common Pleas Per stipulation, death sentence vacatedand resentenced to life
May 1, 2015
78. Carolyn King Lebanon Common Pleas New sentencing hearing July 23, 2010
! Bradley Martin Lebanon Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 17, 2010
79. Ramon Sanchez Lehigh Common Pleas Stipulated grant of new trial Nov. 16, 2010
80. Lester Fletcher Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Feb. 7, 2011
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
81. Melvin Howard Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence June 10, 2011
82. Kevin Pelzer Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 26, 2011
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 30, 2014
® Henry Daniels Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 26, 2011
Pa. Supremes ! Reversed New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 30, 2014
83. Angel Reyes (II) Delaware Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 8, 2011
84. Raymond Solano Lehigh Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 30, 2011
85. Michael Bardo Luzerne Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 30, 2011
Pa. Supremes ! New Sentencing Hearing Affirmedby Equally Divided Court (3-3)
Dec. 16, 2014
86. Timothy Rice Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Jan. 27, 2012
87. Daniel Dougherty Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Feb. 7, 2012
88. Ronald Weiss Indiana Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 19, 2012
" Lester Fletcher Philadelphia Pa. Supremes Remand for resentencing peragreement of parties
May 11, 2012
! Alexander Keaton Philadelphia Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing May 30, 2012
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
® Richard Hackett Philadelphia Common Pleas ® Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
June 28, 2012
Pa. Supremes Reversed Aug. 18, 2014
89. Bernard McGill Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence July 13, 2012
90. Junious Diggs Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence andlife resentencing
Aug. 14, 2012
® Terrance Williams Philadelphia Common Pleas ® New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 28, 2012
Pa. Supremes Reversed Dec. 15, 2014
! Connie Williams Allegheny Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
Jan. 22, 2013
! Ronald Champney Schuylkill Pa. Supremes ! New Trial Affirmed by EquallyDivided Court (3-3)
Apr. 24, 2013
91. Kelvin Morris Philadelphia Court of CommonPleas
Per negotiated plea, conviction forfirst-degree murder vacated and pleaaccepted to third-degree murder andrelated lesser charges
June 7, 2013
92. Joseph D’Amato Philadelphia Court of CommonPleas
Per negotiated plea, stipulatedvacation of death sentence and liferesentencing
June 13, 2013
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
93. David Ramtahal Bucks Court of CommonPleas
Per negotiated plea, stipulatedvacation of death sentence and liferesentencing
Sept. 19, 2013
94. Lamont Overby Philadelphia Court of CommonPleas
Stipulated vacation of sentence andlife resentencing
Oct. 18, 2013
95. Cam Ly Philadelphia Court of CommonPleas
Stipulated vacation of sentence andlife resentencing
Dec. 12, 2013
! Daniel Dougherty Philadelphia Pa. Superior Court New Trial Dec. 30, 2013
Pa. Supreme Court Denied Allowance of Appeal Oct. 2, 2014
96. Christopher Williams Philadelphia Court of CommonPleas
New Trial Dec. 30, 2013
97. Edward Bracey Philadelphia Court of CommonPleas
Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 10, 2014
Pa. Supreme Court Affirmed June 16, 2015
98. Aquil Bond Philadelphia Court of CommonPleas
New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 18, 2014
99. Kenneth Miller Philadelphia Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing May 13, 2014
100. Freeman May Lebanon Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence July 2, 2014
101. Bryan Galvin Berks Common Pleas New Trial Sept. 15, 2014
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
102. Michelle Tharp Washington Pa. Supreme Court New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 24, 2014
! Daniel Dougherty Philadelphia Pa. Supreme Court Denied Allowance of Appeal fromGrant of a New Trial
Oct. 2, 2014
! Kevin Pelzer Philadelphia Pa. Supreme Court Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 30, 2014
103. Bernard Cousar Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Nov. 20, 2014
! Michael Bardo Luzerne Pa. Supreme Court ! New Sentencing Hearing Affirmedby Equally Divided Court (3-3)
Dec. 16, 2014
104. Mark Duane Edwards Fayette Common Pleas Death penalty vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Mar. 25, 2015
105. Kareem Johnson Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated New Trial Apr. 22, 2015
106. Joseph Elliott Philadelphia Common Pleas Per stipulation, death sentence vacatedand resentenced to life
May 1, 2015
! Edward Bracey Philadelphia Pa. Supreme Court ! Affirmed vacation of death penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
June 16, 2015
107. Roderick Johnson Berks Common Pleas New trial July 6, 2015
Pa. Supreme Court !Affirmed new trial Dec. 19, 2017
! Raymond Solano Lehigh Pa. Supreme Court ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 21, 2015
108. Daniel Crispell Clearfield Common Pleas Death sentence reversed Jan. 12, 2016
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSTATE COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
109. Shonda Walter Clinton Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence andlife resentencing
Aug. 16, 2016
110. Thomas Meadows Montgomery Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence Oct. 14, 2016
111. Ricardo Natividad Philadelphia Common Pleas Death sentence reversed Dec. 21, 2016
112. Dustin Briggs Bradford Common Pleas Death sentence reversed Apr. 12, 2017
113. Milton Montalvo York Common Pleas New Sentencing Hearing May 22, 2017
! Roderick Johnson Berks Common Pleas !Affirmed new trial Dec. 19, 2017
114. Jose DeJesus - I Philadelphia Common Pleas Death penalty vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 4, 2018
115. Jose DeJesus - II Philadelphia Common Pleas Death penalty vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 4, 2018
116 James Van Divner Fayette Pa. Supreme Court Death penalty vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Feb. 5, 2018
Summary (116) - 18 new trials; 91 new penalty phases; 15 Atkins reversals; 2 Roper reversals
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
Habeas Corpus (58)
®! John Lesko Westmoreland Western District ® New Sentencing Hearing May 2, 1988
Third Circuit Reversed and Remanded Sept. 1, 1989
Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 11, 1991
Western District New Sentencing Hearing (additionalgrounds)
Feb. 20, 1992
1. John Lesko Westmoreland Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 11, 1991
®! Roderick Frey Lancaster Eastern District ® New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 28, 1991
Third Circuit Reversed and Remanded Aug. 20, 1992
Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 30, 1997
! John Lesko Westmoreland Western District New Sentencing Hearing (additionalgrounds)
Feb. 20, 1992
2. Clifford Smith Bucks Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 22, 1996
3. Roger Buehl Montgomery Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 31, 1996
4. Michael Travaglia Westmoreland Western District New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 7, 1996
! Clifford Smith Bucks Third Circuit New Trial July 24, 1997
5. Roderick Frey Lancaster Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 30, 1997
6. Frederic Jermyn Cumberland Middle District New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 27, 1998
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
7. Lawrence Christy Cambria Western District New Trial Nov. 10, 1998
New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 10, 1998
8. Martin Appel Northampton Eastern District New Trial May 21, 1999
9. Joseph Szuchon Erie Western District New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 12, 2000
®! Raymond Whitney Philadelphia Eastern District ® New Trial June 7, 2000
Third Circuit Reversed and Remanded Feb. 5, 2002
Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 16, 2008
®! Ronald Rompilla Lehigh Eastern District ® New Sentencing Hearing July 11, 2000
Third Circuit Reversed Jan. 13, 2004
U.S. Supreme Court New Sentencing Hearing June 20, 2005
10. Daniel Jacobs York Middle District New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 20, 2001
11. WILLIAM HOLLAND Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 25, 2001
! Martin Appel Northampton Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial May 3, 2001
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
!® Donald Hardcastle Philadelphia Eastern District ® New Trial June 28, 2001
Third Circuit Affirmed in part but reversed andremanded for evidentiary hearing
May 14, 2004
Eastern District New Trial Oct. 19, 2007
Third Circuit Affirmed new trial June 17, 2009
12. Antuan Bronshtein Montgomery Eastern District ®New Trial July 5, 2001
New Sentencing Hearing July 5, 2001
® Richard Hackett Philadelphia Eastern District ® New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 8, 2001
Third Circuit Reversed Aug. 26, 2004
Common Pleas ® New Trial Oct. 5, 2005
Pa. Supremes Reversed Sept. 26, 2008
Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
June 28, 2012
Pa. Supremes Reversed Aug. 18, 2014
13. Arnold Holloway Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 28, 2001
14. Richard Laird Bucks Eastern District New Trial Sept. 5, 2001
New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 5, 2001
! Frederic Jermyn Cumberland Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 21, 2001
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
® George Banks Luzerne Third Circuit ® New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 31, 2001
U.S. Supremes Reversed and remanded for furtherproceedings
June 17, 2002
Third Circuit ® New Sentencing Hearing - onremand
Jan. 14, 2003
U.S. Supremes Reversed June 24, 2004
15. Otis Peterkin Philadelphia Eastern District New Trial Nov. 6, 2001
New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 6, 2001
! Joseph Szuchon Erie Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 20, 2001
16. Mumia Abu-Jamal Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 20, 2001
17. Alan Pursell Erie Western District New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 1, 2002
18. Josoph Henry Northampton Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing May 16, 2002
19. James Carpenter York Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing July 1, 2002
20. Arthur Faulkner Montgomery Eastern District New Trial July 9, 2002
® David Copenhefer Erie Western District ® New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 9, 2002
Third Circuit Reversed Sept. 27, 2012
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
® George Banks Luzerne Third Circuit ® New Sentencing Hearing - onremand
Jan. 14, 2003
U.S. Supremes Reversed June 24, 2004
21. William Wallace Washington Western District New Trial March 31, 2003
22. Ernest Porter Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing June 26, 2003
®! Henry Fahy Philadelphia Eastern District ® New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 26, 2003
Third Circuit Reversed and remanded forevidentiary hearing
Jan. 24, 2008
Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 26, 2014
®! Joseph Kindler Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 22, 2003
Third Circuit ® New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 3, 2008
Supreme Court Vacated and remanded Dec. 8, 2009
Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing April 29, 2011
! Arnold Holloway Philadelphia Third Circuit New Trial Jan. 22, 2004
®! ALFRED ALBRECHT Bucks Eastern District ® New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 21, 2004
Third Circuit Reversed and Remanded Nov. 21, 2006
Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing July 14, 2009
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
® ANDRE STEVENS Beaver Western District ® New Sentencing Hearing May 26, 2004
Third Circuit ®! Affirmed New SentencingHearing
July 7, 2006
Supreme Court Vacated and remanded June 11, 2007
23. Florencio Rolan Philadelphia Eastern District New Trial Oct. 13, 2004
! Daniel Jacobs York Third Circuit New Trial Jan. 20, 2005
24. Ernest Simmons Cambria Western District New Trial Feb. 22, 2005
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Sept. 11, 2009
25. Scott Blystone Fayette Western District New Sentencing Hearing March 31, 2005
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 22, 2011
! Antuan Bronshstein Montgomery Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing April 14, 2005
Reversed New Trial April 14, 2005
26. Delores Rivers Philadelphia Eastern District Stipulated vacation of sentence May 10, 2005
27. Ronald Rompilla Lehigh U.S. Supreme Court New Sentencing Hearing June 20, 2005
! Richard Laird Bucks Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial July 19, 2005
28. Saharris Rollins Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing July 29, 2005
29. Lee Baker Philadelphia Eastern District New Trial Aug. 15, 2005
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
® Brian Thomas Philadelphia Eastern District ® New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 19, 2005
Third Circuit Reversed and remanded July 1, 2009
30. CHARLES CROSS Beaver Western District New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 30, 2005
! Florencio Rolan Philadelphia Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Apr. 18, 2006
31. Jesse Bond Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 24, 2006
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 20, 2008
® ANDRE STEVENS Beaver Third Circuit ® ! Affirmed New SentencingHearing
July 7, 2006
Supreme Court Vacated and remanded June 11, 2007
32. Zachary Wilson Philadelphia Eastern District New Trial Aug. 9, 2006
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Dec. 23, 2009
® Reginald Lewis Philadelphia Eastern District ® New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 9, 2006
Third Circuit ! Reversed and remanded Sept. 14, 2009
Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing July 26, 2011
33. Paul David Crews York Middle District New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 28, 2006
34. Robert Lark Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 25, 2006
35. Jerry Marshall Philadelphia Eastern District Stipulated vacation of sentence Jan. 10, 2007
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
! William Wallace Washington Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial June 18, 2007
36. Kelvin Morris Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing June 20, 2007
!® Robert Lark Philadelphia Eastern District ® New Trial July 3, 2007
Third Circuit Reversed and remanded June 16, 2011
Eastern District New Trial July 30, 2012
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial May 6, 2014
! Lee Baker Philadelphia Eastern District Stipulation to New Non-Capital Trial Sept. 6, 2007
37. Donald Hardcastle Philadelphia Eastern District New Trial Oct. 19, 2007
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial June 17, 2009
®! Daniel Saranchack Schuylkill Middle District ® New Trial Jan. 4, 2008
Third Circuit ! Reversed and remanded Aug. 3, 2010
Third Circuit (onappeal from remand)
New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 14, 2015
! WILLIAM HOLLAND Philadelphia Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 6, 2008
!® Mumia Abu-Jamal Philadelphia Third Circuit !® Affirmed New SentencingHearing
Mar. 27, 2008
Supreme Court Reversed and remanded Jan. 19, 2010
Third Circuit Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 26, 2011
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
®! Kelvin Morris Philadelphia Eastern District ® New Trial Apr. 7, 2008
Third Circuit Reversed and remanded Jan. 26, 2011
! Jesse Bond Philadelphia Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 20, 2008
!® Joseph Kindler Philadelphia Third Circuit !® Affirmed New SentencingHearing
Sept. 3, 2008
Supreme Court Vacated and remanded Dec. 8, 2009
Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 29, 2011
38. Mark Breakiron Fayette Western District New Trial Sept. 24, 2008
39. Roger Judge Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Mar. 13, 2009
New Sentencing Hearing (expanded) Nov. 29, 2012
40. Salvador Santiago Allegheny Western District New Sentencing Hearing June 2, 2009
! Donald Hardcastle Philadelphia Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial June 17, 2009
41. ALFRED ALBRECHT Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing July 14, 2009
! Ernest Simmons Cambria Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Sept. 11, 2009
! Zachary Wilson Philadelphia Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Dec. 23, 2009
! Saharris Rollins Philadelphia Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing July 7, 2010
42. James Lambert Philadelphia Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 23, 2010
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
! James Lambert Philadelphia Third Circuit New Trial Feb. 7, 2011
Supreme Court Vacated and remanded Feb. 21, 2012
Third Circuit New Trial Sept. 20, 2013
43. Frank Chester Bucks Eastern District New Trial Feb. 28, 2011
! Mark Breakiron Fayette Third Circuit New Trial on Robbery Charges (CaseAggravator)
Apr. 18, 2011
44. Mumia Abu-Jamal Philadelphia Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 26, 2011
45. Joseph Kindler Philadelphia Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 29, 2011
46. Reginald Lewis Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing July 26, 2011
47. Roland Steele Washington Western District New Sentencing Hearing Nov. 16, 2011
48. Brian Thomas Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 21, 2011
! Scott Blystone Fayette Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Sentencing Hearing Dec. 22, 2011
! Robert Lark Philadelphia Eastern District New Trial July 30, 2012
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial May 6, 2014
! Roger Judge Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing (expanded) Nov. 29, 2012
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
49. Shawnfatee Bridges Berks Eastern District New Trial Apr. 23, 2013
New Sentencing Hearing Apr. 23, 2013
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Sept. 1, 2017
50. James Dennis Philadelphia Eastern District New Trial Aug. 21, 2013
Third Circuit (en banc) ! Affirmed New Trial Aug. 23, 2016
! James Lambert Philadelphia Third Circuit New Trial Sept. 20, 2013
! Robert Lark Philadelphia Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial May 6, 2014
51. Tyrone Moore Luzerne Middle District New Trial Aug. 26, 2014
Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Feb. 22, 2016
52. Henry Fahy Philadelphia Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Aug. 26, 2014
53. Darrick Hall Chester Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing Oct. 22, 2014
54. Anthony Washington Philadelphia Eastern District Stipulated New Sentencing Hearing Jan. 16, 2015
New Trial Jan. 16, 2015
55. Dewitt Crawley Philadelphia Eastern District Stipulated New Sentencing Hearing Feb. 17, 2015
56. Daniel Saranchak Schuylkill Third Circuit New Sentencing Hearing Sept. 14, 2015
! Tyrone Moore Luzerne Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Feb. 22, 2016
! James Dennis Philadelphia Third Circuit (en banc) ! Affirmed New Trial Aug. 23, 2016
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSFEDERAL COURT
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
57. Thomas Gorby Washington Western District New trial Sept. 28, 2016
58. Dennis Miller Chester Eastern District New Sentencing Hearing (rapeconviction also overturned)
Oct. 5, 2016
! Shawnfatee Bridges Berks Third Circuit ! Affirmed New Trial Sept. 1, 2017
Summary (58) - 24 new trials; 44 new sentencing hearings
SUMMARY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALS
STATE COURT (116) - 18 new trials; 91 new penalty phases; 15 Atkins reversals; 2 Roper reversals
FEDERAL COURT (58) - 24 new trials; 44 new sentencing hearings
TOTAL (170)* - 42 new trials; 135 new penalty phases; 15 Atkins reversals; 2 Roper reversals
* Florencio Rolan, Tyrone Moore, and Thomas Gorby each won penalty relief in state court and guilt relief in federal court. KelvinMorris won penalty relief and his grant of guilt relief was reversed and remanded for further proceedings in federal court. Pernegotiated plea agreement, his first-degree murder conviction was vacated and he pled to lesser charges in state court. These cases arecounted in both the state and federal subtotals, but each is counted only once in the overall total.
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
1. Robert DeHart Huntingdon Common Pleas Resentenced to life (non-unanimousjury)
February 21,1996
2. Benjamin Terry Montgomery Common Pleas Resentenced to life (non-unanimousjury)
October 20,1997
3. Clifford Smith Bucks Common Pleas Convicted on retrial and resentencedto life (judge)
Aug. 4, 1998
4. Roderick Frey Lancaster Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence Sept. 1998
5. Willard Moran Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence Jan. 27, 1999
6. Lawrence Christy Cambria Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence Feb. 1999
7. George Edwards Lackawanna Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence June 16, 1999
8. Roger Buehl Montgomery Common Pleas Entered plea to life June 28, 1999
9. Rodney Griffin Delaware Common Pleas Agreement to life sentence Oct. 28, 1999
Entered plea to life sentence Dec. 16, 2003
10. Salvador Morales Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life (jury) Jan. 19, 2000
11. Martin Appel Northampton Common Pleas Entered plea to life Aug. 28, 2001
12. Nathaniel McNair Philadelphia Common Pleas Entered plea to life April 4, 2002
13. Joseph Szuchon Erie Common Pleas Resentenced to life (non-unanimous June 6, 2002
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
14. Sherman Craver Delaware Common Pleas Entered plea to life June 21, 2002
15. Arthur Faulkner Montgomery Common Pleas Entered plea to life sentence Aug. 27, 2002
16. Josoph Henry Northampton Common Pleas Entered guilty plea with stipulation tono aggravating circumstances
Sept. 1, 2002
17. Frederick Jermyn Cumberland Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence Sept. 13, 2002
18. Peter MichaelKarenbauer
Lawrence Common Pleas Life sentence entered per Atkins v.Virginia
Sept. 23, 2002
19. Otis Peterkin Philadelphia Common Pleas Entered plea to life Dec. 6, 2002
20. William Basemore Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life (non-unanimousjury)
April 11, 2003
21. John Ockenhouse Lehigh Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence Apr. 16, 2003
22. Roger Proctor Crawford Common Pleas Entered plea to life April 30, 2003
23. Nathan Scott Montgomery Common Pleas Life sentence entered per Atkins v.Virginia
June 30, 2003
24. Florencio Rolan Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life (jury) May 2, 2003
25. James Carpenter York Common Pleas Entered plea to life June 2003
26. Dell Gease Delaware Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence Nov. 14, 2003
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
27. Nicholas Yarris Delaware Common Pleas Retrial nolle prossed – released Dec. 9, 2003
! Rodney Griffin Delaware Common Pleas Entered plea to life sentence Dec. 16, 2003
28. Harrison “Marty”Graham
Philadelphia Common Pleas Life sentence entered per Atkins v.Virginia
Dec. 18, 2003
" Simon Pirela Philadelphia Common Pleas Life sentence entered per Atkins v.Virginia
Apr. 30, 2004
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Aug. 20, 2007
29. Harold Wilson Philadelphia Common Pleas Court barred death penalty on retrial May 3, 2004
! Acquitted of all charges andreleased
Nov. 15, 2005
30. Louis Thompson Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence May 21, 2004
31. Alan Pursell Erie Common Pleas Entered plea to life July 28, 2004
32. Jonathan Fisher Montgomery Common Pleas Agreement to life sentence Aug. 6, 2004
33. Kenneth Ford Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence Nov. 23, 2004
" Jerome Gibson Bucks Common Pleas Life sentence entered per Atkins v.Virginia
Nov. 26, 2004
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed June 26, 2007
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
34. Tyrone Moore Luzerne Common Pleas Prosecution agreed not to pursuedeath; life sentence entered
Dec. 17, 2004
35. Johnny Ray Harris Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulation to life sentence Feb. 28, 2005
36. Kevin Hughes Philadelphia Common Pleas Life sentence entered per Roper v.Simmons
Mar. 21, 2005
37. Arnold Holloway Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea entered to third-degree murder;subsequently released on parole
Apr. 14, 2005
38. Morris Spence Philadelphia Common Pleas Court barred death penalty on retrial May 20, 2005
! Plea to third-degree murder;resentenced to 22½-45 years
Aug. 30, 2006
39. Karl Chambers York Common Pleas Life sentence entered per pretrialAtkins v. Virginia re-sentencingdetermination
June 23, 2005
40. Dolores Rivers Philadelphia Common Pleas Entered plea to life June 30, 2005
41. Andre Thompson Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to third-degree murder;resentenced to 19-40 years
Sept. 20, 2005
42. Percy Lee Philadelphia Common Pleas Life sentence entered per Roper v.Simmons
Sept. 21, 2005
! Harold Wilson Philadelphia Common Pleas Acquitted of all charges Nov. 15, 2005
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
43. Matthew Kemp Philadelphia Common Pleas Entered plea to life sentence Apr. 13, 2006
44. Steven McCrae Philadelphia Common Pleas Entered plea to life sentence Apr. 13, 2006
45. Dino Rucci Washington Common Pleas Entered plea to life Apr. 28, 2006
46. Robert Zook Lancaster Common Pleas Prosecution declined to pursue capitalresentencing; life sentences imposed
May 9, 2006
! Morris Spence Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to third-degree murder;resentenced to 22½-45 years
Aug. 30, 2006
47. Dennis Counterman Lehigh Common Pleas Entered Alford plea to third-degreemurder and released
Oct. 17, 2006
48. Paul David Crews York Common Pleas Entered plea to double life sentence Dec. 22, 2006
49. Jerome Gibson Bucks Pa. Supremes Affirmed life sentence entered perAtkins v. Virginia
June 26, 2007
50. Ronald Rompilla Lehigh Common Pleas Prosecution agreed not to seek death;life sentence entered
Aug. 13, 2007
51. Simon Pirela Philadelphia Pa. Supremes Affirmed life sentence entered perAtkins v. Virginia
Aug. 20, 2007
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
" Joseph Miller Dauphin Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Aug. 24, 2007
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed July 23, 2008
52. Lee Baker Philadelphia District Court Stipulation to non-capital retrial Sept. 6, 2007
53. Raymond Whitney Philadelphia Common Pleas Life sentence entered per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 16, 2008
54. Wilfredo Ramos Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution agreed not to seek death;life sentence imposed
Apr. 17, 2008
! Lee Baker Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to third-degree murder; twocounts of robbery; and possession ofan instrument of crime; resentenced to35-70 years
May 23, 2008
55. Joseph Miller Dauphin Pa. Supremes Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
July 23, 2008
56. Jose Marrero Erie Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 8, 2009
57. Michael Rainey Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution agrees not to seek death;life sentence to be imposed
Jan. 16, 2009
58. Kenneth Williams Lehigh Common Pleas Prosecution agreed not to seek death;life sentence imposed
Jan. 22, 2009
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
59. William Gribble Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life (non-unanimousjury)
Mar. 10, 2009
! Michael Rainey Philadelphia Common Pleas Life sentence formally imposed Mar. 10, 2009
60. Ronald Collins Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life (bench) May 11, 2009
61. Robert Freeman Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to two life sentences May 29, 2009
62. Raymond Johnson Berks Common Pleas Nolo contendre plea to third-degreemurder; resentenced to 60-123months; completed sentence October28, 2009
Aug. 14, 2009
63. Salvador Santiago Allegheny Common Pleas Plea to life sentence Aug. 25, 2009
64. Rodney Collins Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to life sentence Oct. 2, 2009
! Raymond Johnson Berks Common Pleas Completed sentence and released Oct. 28, 2009
65. Ernest Simmons Cambria Common Pleas Nolo contendre plea to third-degreemurder; resentenced to time servedplus back-time for parole violation;completed sentence and released May15, 2010
Dec. 31, 2009
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
" Connie Williams Allegheny Common Pleas Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Apr. 15, 2010
Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Jan. 22, 2013
! Ernest Simmons Cambria Common Pleas Completed sentence and released May 15, 2010
66. Donald Hardcastle Philadelphia Common Pleas Court barred death penalty on retrial Aug. 19, 2010
67. Robert Bryant Allegheny Common Pleas Resentenced to life (bench) Sept. 29, 2010
68. Ramon Sanchez Lehigh Common Pleas Conviction reduced to third-degreemurder, to be served consecutively toconviction for robbery, with anaggregate sentence of 25-50 years
Nov. 16, 2010
! Donald Hardcastle Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to two counts of third-degreemurder, to be served consecutively,with aggregate sentence of 30-60years.
March 16, 2011
69. Samuel Carson Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to life Apr. 4, 2011
70. William Wallace Washington Western District Prosecution dropped death on retrial May 13, 2011
71. Vinson Washington - I Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to life May 16, 2011
72. Vinson Washington - II Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to life May 16, 2011
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
73. James Strong Luzerne Common Pleas Resentenced to life (non-unanimousjury)
June 2, 2011
74. Al Peoples Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea to life June 24, 2011
75. Thomas Gorby Washington Common Pleas Prosecution dropped death onresentencing; resentenced to life
Aug. 14, 2011
76. James Jones Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution dropped death onresentencing; resentenced to life
Aug. 16, 2011
77. Ronald Clark Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution dropped death onresentencing; resentenced to life
Aug. 16, 2011
78. Melvin Howard Philadelphia Common Pleas Following stipulated vacation ofsentence, resentenced to life
Sept. 16, 2011
79. Mumia Abu-Jamal Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution announced that it woulddrop death on resentencing
Dec. 7, 2011
80. Saharris Rollins Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution announced that it wouldnot seek death on resentencing
Dec. 21, 2011
Resentenced to life Jan. 13, 2012
81. Timothy Rice Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution stipulated vacation ofsentence and imposition of lifesentence
Jan. 27, 2012
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
82. Daniel Dougherty Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution stipulated vacation ofsentence and imposition of lifesentence
Feb. 7, 2012
83. Donnetta Hill Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution “withdrew capital status”;resentencing scheduled for 3/21/12
Mar. 1, 2012
84. Shawn Walker Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution withdrew the deathpenalty on resentencing; resentencingscheduled for 4/12/12
Mar. 15, 2012
85. Craig Williams Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution withdrew the deathpenalty on resentencing
Mar. 15, 2012
! Donnetta Hill Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life. Continuing guilt-stage habeas appeal.
Mar. 21, 2012
86. Angel Reyes Delaware Common Pleas Plea to life Mar. 21, 2012
87. Reginald Lewis Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution withdrew the deathpenalty on resentencing; resentencingscheduled for 5/9/12
Apr. 12, 2012
! Shawn Walker Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Apr. 12, 2012
! Craig Williams Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life May 1, 2012
! Reginald Lewis Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life May 9, 2012
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
88. Jerry Marshall, Jr. Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution announced intent towithdraw the death penalty onresentencing
June 7, 2012
89. Lester Fletcher Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life July 18, 2012
90. Zachary Wilson Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution announced it was notpursuing death penalty on retrial
91. Junious Diggs Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Aug. 14, 2012
! Jerry Marshall, Jr. Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Oct. 12, 2012
92. James Melvin Smith Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Oct. 25, 2012
93. Jesse Bond Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life after prosecutionannounced it was not pursuing deathpenalty on resentencing.
Nov. 15, 2012
94. Damon Jones Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Dec. 14, 2012
95. Willie Sneed Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Dec. 18, 2012
96. Bernard McGill Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Jan. 7, 2013
97. Connie Williams Allegheny Pa. Supremes Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia
Jan. 22, 2013
98. Steven Hutchinson Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Jan. 23, 2013
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
99. John Wayne Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Mar. 14, 2013
! Connie Williams Allegheny Common Pleas Formally resentenced to life Mar. 20, 2013
! Donald Hardcastle Philadelphia Parole Board Granted parole June 7, 2013
100. Kelvin Morris Philadelphia Common Pleas Plea guilty to third-degree murder andrelated charges for time served(resentenced to 15 years to 30 yearsincarceration, followed by 35 yearsprobation; credit for time servedeffective May 22, 1982; paroledimmediately)
June 7, 2013
! Kelvin Morris Philadelphia Department ofCorrections
Released June 12, 2013
101. Joseph D’Amato Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life June 13, 2013
102. David Ramtahal Bucks Common Pleas Resentenced to life Sept. 19, 2013
103. Brian Thomas Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Sept. 24, 2013
104. Ronald Hanible Philadelphia Common Pleas Prosecution dropped death onresentencing; resentenced to life.Continuing guilt-stage habeas appeal
Sept. 24, 2013
105. Lamont Overby Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Oct. 18, 2013
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
! Donald Hardcastle Philadelphia Department ofCorrections
Released on parole Oct. 21, 2013
106. Cam Ly Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Dec. 12, 2013
" Edward Bracey Philadelphia Court of CommonPleas
Death Penalty Vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Jan. 10, 2014
Pa. Supreme Court ! Affirmed June 16, 2015
107. Kenneth Miller Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life May 13, 2014
108. Alexander Keaton Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life June 12, 2014
109. Freeman May Lebanon Common Pleas Resentenced to life July 7, 2014
110. Bradley Martin Lebanon Common Pleas Court granted Motion to CompelSpecific Performance of PleaAgreement
Dec. 5, 2014
! Bradley Martin Lebanon Common Pleas ! Resentenced to life Jan. 26, 2015
111. Carolyn King Lebanon Common Pleas Resentenced to life Mar. 3, 2015
112. Mark Duane Edwards Fayette Common Pleas Resentenced to life per Atkins v.Virginia
Mar. 25, 2015
113. Joseph Elliott Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life May 1, 2015
114. Dewitt Crawley Philadelphia Eastern District Resentenced to life May 1, 2015
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
115. Edward Bracey Philadelphia Pa. Supremes ! Affirmed Vacation of Death Penaltyper Atkins v. Virginia, resentenced tolife
June 16, 2015
116. Roger Judge Philadelphia Third Circuit District Attorney filed noticewithdrawing appeal of death penaltyand would not re-seek death
Nov. 19, 2015
Common Pleas District Attorney withdrew the deathpenalty
Apr. 4, 2018
117. Shonda Walter Clinton Common Pleas Stipulated vacation of sentence andlife resentencing
Aug. 16, 2016
118. William Johnson Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Sept. 21, 2016
119. Thomas Meadows Montgomery Common Pleas Resentenced to life Oct. 14, 2016
120. Daniel Jacobs York Common Pleas District Attorney withdrew the deathpenalty on retrial
Nov. 1, 2016
121. Manuel Sepulveda Monroe Common Pleas Resentenced to life Nov. 29, 2016
122. James Dennis Philadelphia Common Pleas Sentenced to time served; faces parolefor unrelated conviction.
Dec. 22, 2016
123. Tyrone Moore Luzerne Common Pleas Sentenced to time served; released. Dec. 22, 2016
124. David Sattazahn Berks Common Pleas Resentenced to life Mar. 24, 2017
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
125. Dustin Briggs Bradford Common Pleas Resentenced to life Apr. 12, 2017
126. Brian Galvin Berks Common Pleas District Attorney withdrew the deathpenalty on retrial
June 9, 2017
127. Robert Lark Philadelphia Common Pleas Non-unanimous jury resulted in a lifesentence
Nov. 9, 2017
128. Terrance Williams Philadelphia Common Pleas Resentenced to life Dec. 29, 2017
129. Jose DeJesus - I Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated resentencing to life (perAtkins v. Virginia)
Jan. 4, 2018
130. Jose DeJesus - II Philadelphia Common Pleas Stipulated resentencing to life (perAtkins v. Virginia)
Jan. 4, 2018
131. Shawnfatee Bridges Berks Common Pleas Resentenced to term of years Jan. 4, 2018
132. James Van Divner Fayette Pa. Supreme Court Death penalty vacated per Atkins v.Virginia
Feb. 5, 2018
133. Scott Blystone Fayette Common Pleas Plea agreement resulted in lifewithout parole sentence
Feb. 27, 2018
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Post-Conviction Resentencings and Retrials – Outcomes of Life or Less (115)
Name County Court Nature of Relief Date
Totals (133) – 2 defendants released (1 charges dropped; 1 acquittal); 13 pleas to 3rd-degree murder (two released on parole, fourreleased for time served, two released after serving maximum); 12 life verdicts; 1 court granted motion to enforce pretrial plea offerof life; 88 life pleas, decisions to drop death, or capital nolle pros; 15 Atkins life sentences; 2 Roper life sentence; 3 court barreddeath on retrial (one acquitted; two pled to terms of years)
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
Capital Resentencings After Post-Conviction Reversals (5)
Name County Court Nature of Decision Date
1. John Lesko Westmoreland Common Pleas Resentenced to death Feb. 17, 1995
Pa. Supremes Affirmed May 21, 1998
Common Pleas New trial and resentencing granted Aug. 7, 2006
Pa. Supremes Reversed new trial and resentencing Feb. 24, 2011
2. Michael Travaglia Westmoreland Common Pleas Resentenced to death July 26, 2005
Pa. Supremes Affirmed Sept. 28, 2011
3. Richard Laird Bucks Common Pleas Convicted and resentenced to death Feb. 14, 2007
Pa. Supremes Affirmed Feb. 16, 2010
® Angel Reyes Delaware Common Pleas Resentenced to death Mar. 21, 2007
Pa. Supremes Affirmed Jan. 23, 2009
Common Pleas New sentencing hearing Dec. 8, 2011
Common Pleas Plea to life Mar. 21, 2012
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALSSUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION
® Freeman May Lebanon Common Pleas Resentenced to death Oct. 15, 2008
Pa Supremes Affirmed Nov. 23, 2011
Common Pleas Death sentence vacated July 2, 2014
Common Pleas Plea to life July 7, 2014
4. Wayne Smith Delaware Common Pleas Resentenced to death June 24, 2012
Totals (6) – 6 defendants resentenced to death; 3 cases reversed, one death sentence and conviction were reversed and then reliefwas reversed on appeal, in the other two, the death sentence was reversed and a plea to life accepted.Sustained capital resentencings (4)
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SUMMARY OF SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITIONS FOLLOWINGPENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION REVERSALS
SENTENCED TO LIFEOR LESS (133) – 97.08
ODDS: 33.25:1 (133:4)
Less than Life(15) – 10.95%
ODDS:1:8.13 (15:122)
Complete exonerations (2) – 1.68% Odds – 1:58.5 (2:117)1 released without retrial; 1 retried and acquitted
Pleas to 3rd-degree murder (13) – 8.40% Odds – 1:10.90 (10:109)4 released for time served; 2 later released on parole; 2 completed maximum sentence; 5serving terms of years
Released (10) – 7.30% Odds – 1:12.30 (10:123)
Life Sentences(118) – 86.13%
ODDS:6.21:1 (118:19)
Constitutionally Ineligible for Death (17) – 12.41% Odds – 1:7.18 (17:122)15 Atkins life sentences (defendant found to have mental retardation)2 Roper life sentences (defendant age 17 or younger)
Penalty-Phase Life Verdicts (12) – 8.76% Odds – 1:10.42 (12:125)
Non-Trial Life Dispositions (89) – 64.96% Odds – 1.85:1 (89:48)88 Prosecutorial stipulation or plea to life1 Motion to enforce pretrial offer of life sentence
[RESENTENCED TODEATH (6) – 4.32%
ODDS: 1:22.17 (6:133)]
SUSTAINED DEATHRESENTENCINGS (4) –2.92%
ODDS: 1:33.25 (4:133)
Retrial andresentencing (1)
Affirmed on Direct Review and PCRA with habeas review pending (Laird)
Resentencing-only (5)
4 Affirmed on Direct Review1 Direct Appeal Pending (Smith)
1 Upheld in PCRA –Habeas Corpus Pending
Common Pleas Court granted new trial and penaltyhearing; PA Supreme Court reversed both (Lesko);District Court denied habeas relief
2 Reversed in PCRA New sentencing hearing granted; plea to life accepted(Reyes; May)
1 State post-conviction review pending (Travaglia)