Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Corley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 23, 1985No. 21 E.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
We review an Opinion and Order of the Superior Court affirming the denial of post-conviction relief to the Appellant William N. Corley. The essence of the Appellant’s argument is that his trial counsel was ineffective for having withdrawn an allegedly meritorious suppression motion. The lower court found, and Superior Court agreed, that because the suppression motion would properly have been denied, counsel could not be found ineffective for having withdrawn it. The issues raised by the motion would have been, (1) whether the exclusionary rule applies in the context of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by66 opinions
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