COM. v. LEONARD


499 Pa. 357 (1982)

453 A.2d 587

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Donald LEONARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry S. Yaches, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Gail Thackeray, 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.

Appellant Donald Leonard appeals from judgments of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia upon a jury's verdicts of guilty of murder of the first degree and criminal conspiracy. Appellant seeks a new trial, both on the ground that trial counsel was ineffective and on the contention that an inculpatory statement which he gave to police was the product of an unlawful arrest and hence inadmissible...

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