Commonwealth v. Delgros, E., Aplt.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.
OPINION
JUSTICE BAER
We granted allowance of appeal to determine whether a defendant, who is ineligible for statutory collateral review because he was sentenced to pay a fine without incarceration or probation, may obtain review of ineffective assistance of counsel claims presented in post-sentence motions filed in the trial court. The lower courts held that Edward Stephen Delgros ("Appellant") could not obtain review of his ineffectiveness claims because he failed to satisfy any of the exceptions to this Court's general rule…
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