Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Grabowski

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 22, 1988No. 00364PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgments of sentence entered by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division. On March 5,1987, the appellant, John Grabowski, was sentenced on four counts of theft by receiving stolen property. 1 We affirm.

For the first time on appeal through his newly-appointed counsel, the appellant asserts that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel on three grounds: 1) Trial counsel erroneously failed to file post-trial motions attacking the sufficiency of the evidence; 2) Trial counsel erroneously failed to object to the charge to…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. PetersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RandallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. CarsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. Commonwealth v. HernandezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. HollihanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. CarsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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