COMMONWEALTH v. WOODY


440 Pa. 569 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Woody, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Greenstein, for appellant.

Robert N. Campolongo, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 12, 1970:

We are here presented with deciding the proper scope of review of an appellate court when confronted with an allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel due to the belated appointment of that counsel.

On March 18, 1960, having waived a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of aggravated assault and battery, rape, burglary, and assault with intent to commit sodomy. He was sentenced to concurrent terms...

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