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COMMONWEALTH v. GRAVES

238 Pa.Super. 452 (1976)

Commonwealth v. Graves, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

February 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Frank, for appellant.

Charles W. Johns, Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, John M. Tighe, First Assistant District Attorney, and John J. Hickton, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION PER CURIAM, February 2, 1976:

Appellant contends that his trial attorney's stipulation to the selection of two jurors in his absence constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellant's present attorney did not represent him at trial. Thus, his ineffectiveness claim can be raised on direct appeal if the grounds upon which the claim is based appear in the trial record. Commonwealth v. Dancer, 460 Pa. 95,...

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