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COM. v. SANTIAGO

479 Pa. 339 (1978)

388 A.2d 686

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Israel SANTIAGO, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil E. Jokelson, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gaele Barthold, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Israel Santiago, was convicted of murder of the second degree, rape and conspiracy. On appeal to this Court, Santiago, through new appellate counsel, alleged that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective. Unable to resolve this charge on the record then before the Court, we entered the following order on June 3, 1977:

"PER CURIAM, Judgment of sentence vacated and case remanded for evidentiary hearing...

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