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COM. v. McNEAL

479 Pa. 112 (1978)

387 A.2d 860

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Gregory McNEAL, Petitioner (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph S. Pallastrone, Philadelphia, for Gregory McNeal.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Michael R. Stiles, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner's first three contentions are that his trial counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to attempt to establish that petitioner's conduct was not the legal cause of death; (2) failing to explore the existence of a second conspiracy to which petitioner was not a party and failing to request an instruction to that effect; (3) failing to establish that the felony-murder doctrine...

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