COM. v. GARDNER


499 Pa. 263 (1982)

452 A.2d 1346

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Tyrone M. GARDNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Reilly, Philadelphia (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Ronald Eisenberg, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

In this appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief, appellant, Tyrone Gardner, contends that he should be permitted to withdraw a plea of guilty to murder entered in 1974 because his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. We reject appellant's contention and affirm.

Appellant was charged with three counts of criminal homicide: murder generally, voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter...

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