Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Moore

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 21, 1988No. 01618PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROSKY, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed as a result of appellant’s conviction of voluntary manslaughter after a non-jury trial.

On appeal, appellant raises several allegations of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness:1 (1) that trial counsel failed to file a motion to suppress appellant’s confession and object to its use during the trial judge’s deliberation; (2) trial counsel’s neglect in not objecting to the insufficiency and misleading character of the jury trial waiver colloquy; (3) trial counsel’s failure to present a good character defense; (4) that counsel was…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. McMillan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WalshSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Commonwealth v. MilliganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. GolinskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. Engberg v. MeyerWyoming Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Engberg v. MeyerWyoming Supreme Court · 1991

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