Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kimball
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 1999No. 0038 M.D. Appeal Docket 1997PublishedCited by 444 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NEWMAN, Justice.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from the Superior Court’s Opinion and Order finding the trial counsel of Daniel Kimball (Kimball) ineffective. In reviewing the Superi- or Court’s decision, we are called on to reexamine the plurality opinion in Commonweatlh v. Buehl, 540 Pa. 493, 658 A.2d 771 (1995). For the following reasons, we decline to follow the plurality opinion in Buehl, but nevertheless reverse the Order of the Superior Court.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In July of 1988, the police found Rosemary Kleinsmith (the Victim) dead in her…
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