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COM. v. KATONA

489 Pa. 515 (1980)

414 A.2d 1010

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James Robert KATONA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace C. Worth, Jr., Allentown, for appellant.

Joseph P. Giovannini, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice:

Appellant, James Robert Katona, appeals from the Order of the Superior Court affirming per curiam the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County. Appellant contends that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to ascertain the existence of witnesses and to subpoena those witnesses and for failing to request a change of venue.1

On May 26, 1976, appellant...

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