Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Saxton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 15, 1987No. 590PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
NIX, Chief Justice.
The appellant, Kenneth Saxton, urges us to reverse the order of the Superior Court, 348 Pa.Super. 634, 501 A.2d 293, affirming the judgments of sentence entered against him for first degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime, and to grant him a new trial. We granted review limited to a single issue: the effectiveness of trial counsel’s assistance regarding the admission at trial of evidence of the appellant’s prior criminal conduct.
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2Cases cited45 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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