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COM. v. HOOKS

483 Pa. 40 (1978)

394 A.2d 528

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Charles T. HOOKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. William Bills, Jr., Pittsburgh, Court-appointed, 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, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Charles T. Hooks, appellant, was convicted of murder of the third degree following a nonjury trial in Allegheny County. Post-verdict motions were filed by counsel from the public defender's office. Because the motions alleged, inter alia, ineffectiveness of trial counsel who was also from the public defender's office, the court appointed new counsel not associated with this office to...

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