COM. v. SISCO


482 Pa. 459 (1978)

393 A.2d 1197

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William SISCO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Dougherty, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Edward G. Rendell, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Robert E. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION

NIX, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this appeal from a post-conviction hearing court's denial of relief is whether appellant received the benefit of effective assistance of trial counsel in reaching his decision to enter pleas of guilty. We are satisfied that counsel was not ineffective and therefore we now affirm the order of the court below.

The Commonwealth's evidence established that on the night of May 18, 1969, appellant retrieved...

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