Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Thuy

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 13, 1993No. 3745PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

Aun Thuy was tried by jury and was found guilty of first degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime in connection with the stabbing death of James Bischoff in Philadelphia on Christmas Day, 1989. After post-trial and supplemental post-trial motions were denied, Thuy was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment for murder and a concurrent term of imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years for possessing an instrument of crime. On direct appeal from the judgment of sentence, Thuy is represented by his third lawyer, who argues that…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. TwiggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GreeneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Commonwealth v. KeatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. McMasterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. WallaceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. FowlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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