COM. v. BRACERO


262 Pa.Super. 189 (1978)

396 A.2d 709

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ralph BRACERO, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Frank BRACERO, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 1978.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted April 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Breitstein, Lebanon, for appellant at No. 2386.

Keith L. Kilgore, Lebanon, for appellant at No. 2481.

Thomas S. Long, Assistant District Attorney, Lebanon, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.


CERCONE, Judge:

The instant separate appeals, taken on behalf of brothers Frank and Ralph Bracero, raise the question of whether they were denied effective assistance of counsel due to a conflict of interest during their joint trial for aggravated assaults they allegedly perpetrated on Angel and Geraldo Rolon. The relevant facts are as follows:

In April, 1976 an altercation between the Braceros and Rolons arose at a baseball field and resulted in the Rolons...

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