Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1981

Commonwealth v. Feaster

Commonwealth v. Feaster
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided September 24, 1981 · Brien, Flaherty, Kauffman, Larsen, Nix, Roberts, Wilkinson
495 Pa. 422; 434 A.2d 716; 1981 Pa. LEXIS 947

Commonwealth v. Feaster

Opinion of the Court

*423ORDER

PER CURIAM.

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.

LARSEN, J., filed a concurring opinion.

Concurring Opinion

LARSEN, Justice,

concurring.

I would hold that trial counsel can never act as appellate counsel when ineffective assistance of trial counsel is an issue.

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