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COM. v. PIERCE

515 Pa. 153 (1987)

527 A.2d 973

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Division, Jules Epstein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Unit, Marianne Cox, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

In this appeal, once again we are required to consider the standard for analyzing ineffectiveness of counsel claims and are specifically asked to compare our previously announced standard of Commonwealth ex rel. Washington v. Maroney, 427 Pa. 599, 235 A.2d 349 (1967), with the United States Supreme Court standard set forth in its recent decision of Strickland v. Washington...

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