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COM. v. COLLINS

519 Pa. 58 (1988)

545 A.2d 882

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Jay COLLINS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Mary Zell, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

At issue in this appeal is an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting a new trial to appellee Jay Collins, following his non-jury conviction of Aggravated Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person and Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act. The basis for the court's order was its conclusion that Collins had been denied effective assistance of counsel in the...

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