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    Rodney Collins - Pennsylvania

    Facts of the Crime:

    Rodney Collins, whose brother, Ronald Collins, was once also on death row for an unrelated murder, received a death sentence for the execution-style murder of his long-time girlfriend, Andrea Graves, in 1992.

    For more on Ronald Collins, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...s-Pennsylvania

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    COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Rodney COLLINS, Appellant.

    October 21, 2008

    On October 27, 1997, this Court unanimously affirmed appellant's convictions and judgment of sentence.   Commonwealth v. (Rodney) Collins, 549 Pa. 593, 702 A.2d 540 (1997).   After this Court denied reargument on December 11, 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court denied appellant's petition for a writ of certiorari on October 5, 1998.   Collins v. Pennsylvania, 525 U.S. 835, 119 S.Ct. 92, 142 L.Ed.2d 73 (1998).

    On November 10, 1998, appellant filed a timely pro se PCRA petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (“PCRA court”).   Following the appointment of counsel, an amended petition was filed on January 19, 2000, and three supplemental petitions were filed thereafter.   The Commonwealth filed a motion to dismiss on July 18, 2000.   An evidentiary hearing was ultimately held between October 4th and October 8, 2004.   On February 15, 2005, the PCRA court, per the Honorable Kathryn S. Lewis, issued an opinion denying relief on all of appellant's guilt-phase claims but vacating appellant's death sentence. The Commonwealth did not appeal from the PCRA court's grant of a new penalty hearing.

    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/pa-suprem...t/1352629.html

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    As of this writing, Collins is still in prison.

    http://inmatelocator.cor.state.pa.us...nmLocator.aspx

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