Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harris
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 22, 2009No. 634 Middle District Appeal 2007PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.:
¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals the March 30, 2007 order granting Samuel Harris’s (“appellee’s”) petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. The PCRA court determined that appellee had received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to file a motion to suppress his statements to the police following his arrest. After careful review, we reverse the order of the PCRA court.
¶ 2 The procedural history of this case is as follows. Appellee was alleged to have engaged in various illegal activities with…
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