COM. v. WATLEY


548 Pa. 574 (1997)

699 A.2d 1240

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Jamel WATLEY a/k/a Jamal Watley, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Colville, Kevin F. McCarthy, Pittsburgh, for Appellant.

Robert A. Crisanti, Pittsburgh, for James Watley.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal by the Commonwealth is whether the Superior Court erred in finding that trial counsel for Appellee Jamel Watley was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction explaining the relevance of a defendant's knowledge of a victim's prior violent acts and violent reputation. For the following reasons, we find that the Superior Court erred in determining that Watley's trial counsel was...

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