COM. v. PIERCE


345 Pa.Super. 324 (1985)

498 A.2d 423

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles W. PIERCE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jules Epstein, Assistant Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Eric B. Henson, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before SPAETH, President Judge, and WICKERSHAM, BROSKY, CIRILLO, BECK, POPOVICH and HESTER, JJ.


WICKERSHAM, Judge:

This appeal is undertaken from judgment of sentence imposed after appellant was convicted by a jury and sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of not less than four nor more than ten years for aggravated assault. At issue in this appeal is whether trial counsel was ineffective for introducing appellant's prior incarceration into testimony and for failing to object to the trial court's charge defining circumstantial evidence. Appellate counsel...

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