Commonwealth v. Betts

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant contends that failure by his trial counsel to file a motion to suppress identification evidence and post-trial motions constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.

On May 19, 1973, Mrs. Edna Bayer and her husband were walking on 45th Street, near Pine Street in Philadelphia at about 4:00 p.m., Mrs. Bayer was grabbed from behind and knocked to the ground by an assailant who managed to grab Mrs. Bayer’s pocketbook. Neither she nor her husband was able to identify the assailant because he had approached from the rear.

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