Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hamilton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 11, 1980No. 308 and 309 Special Transfer DocketPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Judge:
In this appeal from denial of relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act,1 appellant contends that trial counsel was ineffective. We agree, reverse the order of the PCHA court and award appellant a new trial.
On March 27, 1972, a jury convicted appellant of two counts of murder of the first degree and one count each of burglary and robbery. After denying post-verdict motions, the trial court sentenced appellant to concurrent terms of life imprisonment on each of the charges of murder and concurrent terms of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years on each of the other counts. The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. LipscombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. HarvellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- R. M. Friction Materials Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. RamseySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. Martin, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County1981
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