Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Chmiel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 19, 1999PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAYLOR, Justice.
Among the numerous issues raised in this appeal is the following: Did the trial court err in allowing the Common*483wealth to introduce into the record of Appellant David Chmiel’s second trial portions of the testimony given at an ineffectiveness hearing by Thomas Kennedy, Esq. (now deceased), counsel for Chmiel at his first trial? We conclude that the admission of such testimony was error and therefore reverse.
I. Background
David Chmiel was charged with stabbing to death three elderly siblings, Angelina, Victor, and James Lunario, while robbing their home in Throop,…
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- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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