COM. v. FORD


491 Pa. 586 (1980)

421 A.2d 1040

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Wayne FORD a/k/a Levan Spann, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Gardner Colins, Philadelphia County, for appellant.

Niel Kitrosser, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia County, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Wayne Ford, a/k/a Levan Spann, pleaded guilty to murder of the third degree in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on December 4, 1975. On March 16, 1976, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than eight nor more than twenty years.

A direct appeal was taken to this Court in which appellant claimed, inter alia, he had been denied effective assistance of counsel. We remanded...

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