Commonwealth v. Blough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge:
Defendant, Donald Blough, appeals nunc pro tunc 1 from the judgment of sentence imposed upon convictions of arson and related offenses. On appeal, appellant raises two issues: (1) whether the evidence presented was insufficient to sustain the verdict; and (2) whether trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object, on the grounds of spousal immunity, to the testimony of a Commonwealth witness regarding a statement made by appellant’s wife. 2 We find that the issues raised on appeal are without merit. We therefore affirm.
Following a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of…
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- Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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