Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pierce
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 9, 1987No. 47 E.D. Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 1,813 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
In this appeal, once again we are required to consider the standard for analyzing ineffectiveness of counsel claims and are specifically asked to compare our previously announced standard of Commonwealth ex rel. Washington v. Maroney, 427 Pa. 599, 235 A.2d 349 (1967), with the United States Supreme Court standard set forth in its recent decision of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).
Charles Pierce, Appellant, was convicted by a jury and sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of not less than four nor more…
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- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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