Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Torres

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 18, 1984No. 1430PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McEWEN, Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment of sentence imposed after appellant was found guilty by a jury of third degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from ten years to twenty years upon the murder conviction and to a consecutive term of imprisonment of from two and one-half years to five years for the weapons offense. Appellant, who is represented by new counsel, asserts that the trial assistant district attorney engaged in prosecutorial misconduct and that his two prior counsel 1 were ineffective. We affirm.

Appellant initially…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HunterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Commonwealth v. RandallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. Commonwealth v. LitzenbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Matter of SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. PolkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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