Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Moore

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 23, 1994PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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2Per curiam

Appellant, Edward Moore, was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to a term of two and one-half to five years imprisonment. Appellant filed a direct appeal. Counsel failed to file a brief and the appeal was dismissed. Thereafter, appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq., and his appellate rights were reinstated nunc pro tunc. This direct appeal followed. We affirm.

On appeal, appellant claims that trial counsel was ineffective for: (1) failing to preserve his claim that the evidence is insufficient to sustain…

3Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. SimonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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4Cited by31 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. EllisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Commonwealth v. LewisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Commonwealth v. MontiniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. McCloskeySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. HargraveSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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