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COM. v. LAWSON

519 Pa. 504 (1988)

549 A.2d 107

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Bobby Joe LAWSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 17, 1988.

Reargument Denied December 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Erika P. Kreisman, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Before the Court for resolution is the Commonwealth's appeal from an order of the Superior Court, 362 Pa.Super. 625, 520 A.2d 65, affirming the hearing court's determination that, as a result of trial and appellate counsels' ineffectiveness, appellee's 1974 conviction for murder of the first degree must be vacated, the sentence of life imprisonment set aside, the appellee discharged from...

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