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COM. v. BUTLER

516 Pa. 522 (1987)

533 A.2d 992

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. James BUTLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Kemal Alexander Mericli, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

John H. Corbett, Jr., Chief-Appellate Div., Melaine Shannon Rothey, Appellate Counsel, Office of the Public Defender, Howard B. Elfling, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue before the Court in this case is whether trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to request a jury instruction on self-defense.

Appellee James Butler was found guilty by a jury of aggravated assault1 and a violation of the Uniform Firearms Act2 on May 9, 1984. These charges arose from appellee shooting Gerald Colwell...

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