Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lucarelli
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 27, 2009No. 76 MAP 2007PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice McCAFFERY.
In this matter, we granted allowance of appeal to consider whether the Superior Court erred in its determination that Appellee, Charles Joseph Lucarelli, after engaging in a course of conduct spanning 8)6 months, did not forfeit his right to counsel. We hold that it did and, therefore, reverse the Superior Court’s order granting a new trial and remand to that court for further proceedings.
The factual background of this case, as recounted by the Superior Court, is as follows:
On January 11, 2004, Michael Lee Bennett, his wife and four-year-old twins were sitting in a…
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