Commonwealth v. Jackson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Jackson, 496 Pa. 111 (Pa. 1981)
436 A.2d 178; 1981 Pa. LEXIS 997
Brien, Flaherty, Kauffman, Larsen, Nix, Roberts, Wilkinson

Commonwealth v. Jackson

Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

In this appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief, appellant raises four issues: 1) the trial court erred in not suppressing his confession which was obtained as a result of unnecessary delay between his arrest and arraignment; 2) appellant’s counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the issue of unnecessary delay between his arrest and arraignment; 3) the PCHA court erred in appointing an attorney to represent appellant from the same office as the attorneys that represented him at trial and on appeal; and 4) the delay of approximately six years in this resolution of his PCHA petition is a violation of his due process rights. We have reviewed the record and find these contentions to be entirely without merit.

Accordingly, the order of the court below is affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Norman M. JACKSON
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published