Commonwealth v. Knight
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
This case involves dual appeals from the judgments of sentence (aggregating 4-8 years imprisonment) for possession and delivery of drugs (filed at CC No. 9100183) and the commission of two burglaries, two counts of receiving stolen property, theft and criminal conspiracy (filed at CC Nos. 9014797 and 9015347) by the appellant, Delreese Knight. We affirm in part and vacate in part.
Present counsel, who is from the same public defender’s office as prior counsel, claims that prior counsel was ineffective. The standard by which counsel’s stewardship is measured is well-established;…
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