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COM. v. SAXTON

516 Pa. 196 (1987)

532 A.2d 352

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Kenneth SAXTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Cepparulo, New Hope, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Harriett Brumberg, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

NIX, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Kenneth Saxton, urges us to reverse the order of the Superior Court, 348 Pa.Super. 634, 501 A.2d 293, affirming the judgments of sentence entered against him for first degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime, and to grant him a new trial. We granted review limited to a single issue: the effectiveness of trial counsel's assistance regarding the admission at trial of...

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