Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Tigney

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 19, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORIE MELVIN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Ernest Tigney, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on March 19, 1998, upon the revocation of probation in which he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two and one-half (2/é) to seven (7) years. The Appellant claims trial counsel was ineffective for not raising an objection to the trial court’s failure to inform him of his right of allocution pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 1409(C)(1). The Appellant further claims trial counsel was ineffective for failing to raise this issue in post-sentence motions. We find the Appellant was not informed of his right…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KimballSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. McBeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. BarzykSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. McCauleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. JacobsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. BallardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. BaezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Com. v. Gillums, KSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021

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