Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Ruiz

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 27, 2003PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBowes, J.

¶ 1 George Ruiz appeals the judgment of sentence of five to ten years imprisonment imposed after he was found guilty at a nonjury trial of robbery, conspiracy, and possession of an instrument of crime (“PIC”). We dismiss Appellant’s claims of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness, without prejudice for him to raise those claims in a petition filed pursuant to the PCRA, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541, et seq. We affirm the judgment of sentence.

¶ 2 On July 29, 2000, Appellant and Rebecca Worrell committed an armed rob*94bery of the Saint Edmund’s1 Federal Savings Bank (“St. Edmund’s Bank”) at Passyunk Avenue and…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. Commonwealth v. LambertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. GalindesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  4. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. OldsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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3Cited by21 opinions

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