Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Delgros, E., Aplt.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 26, 2018No. 27 WAP 2017PublishedCited by 85 opinions

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…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  3. Trevino v. ThalerSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  4. Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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3Cited by85 opinions

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