COMMONWEALTH v. SMITH


228 Pa.Super. 256 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Smith, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dean and John H. Corbett, Jr., Trial Defenders, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., June 21, 1974:

The sole meritorious issue presented in this appeal is whether the representation of the appellant and his codefendants by a single attorney was such a conflict of interest as to be a denial of due process of law and effective assistance of counsel.

The case is before this Court from an Order denying appellant's petition for post-conviction relief. Appellant was found guilty by the Honorable J. Frank McKENNA, JR., sitting...

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