Commonwealth v. Feaster
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Feaster, 495 Pa. 422 (Pa. 1981)
434 A.2d 716; 1981 Pa. LEXIS 947
Brien, Flaherty, Kauffman, Larsen, Nix, Roberts, Wilkinson
Commonwealth v. Feaster
Opinion of the Court
The judgments of sentence are affirmed, without prejudice to appellant’s right to select new counsel, not associated with present counsel, to represent him on the issue of ineffectiveness of trial counsel.
Concurring Opinion
concurring.
I would hold that trial counsel can never act as appellate counsel when ineffective assistance of trial counsel is an issue.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Wallace FEASTER
- Status
- Published