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COM. v. BROWN

478 Pa. 628 (1978)

387 A.2d 665

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Allen Jerome BROWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Cauley, Second Asst. Public Defender, Erie, for appellant.

Shad Connelly, Asst. Dist. Atty., Erie, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon Allen Jerome Brown in Erie County following his conviction by a jury of murder of the first degree.

In this appeal Brown is represented by new counsel, that is, counsel who did not represent him at trial. One of the principal assignments of error maintains Brown was denied a fair trial because of the ineffectiveness of his counsel.

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