1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 503 Pa.
  5. 503 Pa. 590 (1983)
 

COM. v. DUNBAR

503 Pa. 590 (1983)

470 A.2d 74

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John DUNBAR, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Garold E. Tennis, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Louis Lipschitz, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

This matter is before us on the Commonwealth's appeal by allowance from an order of Superior Court, 301 Pa.Super. 223, 447 A.2d 622, reversing a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas order denying appellee Dunbar's petition for post-conviction relief. Superior Court held trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to dismiss under...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases