Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bachert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 17, 1982No. 80-3-530 and 80-3-531PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
On June 2, 1977, William David Bachert was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree, robbery, kidnapping, theft, and conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping, robbery and theft. On appeal to the Superior Court,1 Special Transfer Docket, the judgment of sentence of murder of the first degree was vacated and the case was remanded for a new trial at which the degree of guilt was not to rise higher than murder of the second degree. All other judgments of sentence were affirmed. Pro se allegations of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, who…
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