COM. v. JAMISON


497 Pa. 445 (1982)

441 A.2d 1222

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Donald JAMISON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald B. Merriweather, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Denis Cohen, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Donald Jamison brings this direct appeal from judgment of sentence imposed after a conviction of murder of the third degree and weapons offenses in a non jury trial before the Honorable Juanita Kidd Stout. Trial counsel filed posttrial motions, and new counsel represents Mr. Jamison on this appeal. Mr. Jamison assails the stewardship of trial counsel as ineffective on the theory that counsel failed to attack the validity...

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