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COM. v. SHANNON

530 Pa. 279 (1992)

608 A.2d 1020

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Henry A. SHANNON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester G. Nauhaus, Public Defender, Shelley Stark, Chief-Appellate Div., and Suzanne M. Swan, Asst. Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Claire C. Capristo, Deputy Dist. Atty., Kemal A. Mericli, and Edward Marcus Clark, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted Appellant Henry A. Shannon's Petition for Allowance of Appeal to address two issues. The first of these issues is whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to subpoena known alibi witnesses or request a continuance when it became apparent that the alibi witnesses would not voluntarily appear for trial. We are also asked to determine whether the imposition of separate sentences...

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