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COMMONWEALTH v. DANCER

460 Pa. 95 (1975)

331 A.2d 435

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Mack Ceasar DANCER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Shertzer, Lancaster, for appellant.

Roland L. Buckwalter, Dist. Atty., Lancaster, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This appeal from a denial of relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act1 requires us to determine whether a defendant represented on direct appeal by an attorney other than his trial counsel waives his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel by failing to raise that issue on direct appeal. In the circumstances of this case, we hold that failure to raise the issue on direct appeal...

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