COM. v. GRAHAM


522 Pa. 115 (1989)

560 A.2d 129

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Gordon L. GRAHAM, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 5, 1989.

Reargument Denied July 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy P. Creany, Dist. Atty., Dennis M. McGlynn, Asst. Dist. Atty., and Patrick T. Kiniry, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Ebensburg, for appellant.

William C. Kaczynski, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue presented for our consideration by this appeal is whether Superior Court erred in finding ineffectiveness of trial counsel (and thus remanding the matter for a new trial), where trial counsel failed to object when the prosecutor, during closing argument, expressed his personal opinion regarding the credibility of the defendant with respect to certain portions of the defendant's testimony.

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