Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Yocham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 24, 1979No. 2PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant Rickie Yocham appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County denying post-conviction relief. The court rejected appellant’s claim that appellate counsel provided constitutionally ineffective representation by abandoning a challenge to the admissibility of an inculpatory statement made to Pennsylvania State Police. We agree with appellant that the court erroneously rejected his claim and reverse.*
Pennsylvania State Police suspected appellant’s involvement in a Somerset County homicide and robbery. Four months after the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. YochamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Larry C. High v. B. J. Rhay, Superintendent, Washington State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. McCaskillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. SabbSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. McGarrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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