Commonwealth v. Tigney
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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