COM. v. SMITH


317 Pa.Super. 118 (1983)

463 A.2d 1113

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Keith O. SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 22, 1983.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied January 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. DeFino, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before CERCONE, P.J., and CAVANAUGH and WIEAND, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

On appeal from an order denying P.C.H.A. relief, Keith O. Smith asks us to review issues which, on direct appeal to the Supreme Court, were not decided, apparently because the issues had not been preserved for appellate review. Appellant makes this request by asking us to hold that contentions regarding the alleged involuntariness of his confession possessed arguable merit and that prior counsel, therefore, must have been ineffective for failing to...

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