COM. v. BRANDT


353 Pa.Super. 250 (1986)

509 A.2d 872

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Richard BRANDT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 7, 1986.

Reargument Denied June 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Gettleman, Zelienople, for appellant.

Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before OLSZEWSKI, HOFFMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

Appellant challenges the decision of the PCHA court denying his petition in which he alleged ineffective assistance of counsel. The basis for the claim concerned trial counsel's failure to object to voir dire in chambers rather than in open court and trial counsel's error in not preserving this claim for appeal by raising it in post-verdict motions.

Our decision today affirming the PCHA ruling in no way undermines the importance of an open...

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