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COM. v. LANE

503 Pa. 39 (1983)

467 A.2d 1306

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Michael LANE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlotte A. Nichols, Philadelphia, (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Alan Sacks, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

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

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This is a direct appeal from a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judgment of sentence for third degree murder.1 Appellant contends that trial counsel was ineffective for failing (1) to request a complete charge on voluntary manslaughter; (2) to request a Bighum hearing to seek suppression of appellant's prior criminal record for purposes of impeachment or, in the alternative, for failing to counsel...

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