COMMONWEALTH v. EWELL


473 Pa. 380 (1977)

374 A.2d 694

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Edwin EWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Ewell, in pro. per.

Lester G. Nauhaus, John H. Corbett, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Charles W. Johns, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed following appellant's conviction of murder in the third degree, it is maintained appellant's trial counsel was ineffective and he was thus denied a fair trial.

Since we are unable to ascertain from the trial record the accuracy of the factual allegations upon which the ineffective counsel complaint is based, we will remand the record to the trial court with directions to conduct...

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