Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1981

Commonwealth v. Rucker

Commonwealth v. Rucker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided September 9, 1981
496 Pa. 344; 437 A.2d 385; 1981 Pa. LEXIS 1177

Commonwealth v. Rucker

Opinion of the Court

*345ORDER

PER CURIAM.

And now, September 9, 1981, the petition for allowance of appeal is granted with respect to the issue of PCHA counsel’s ineffectiveness, the order of the Superior Court, 435 A.2d 271, is vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether or not PCHA counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the adequacy of the guilty plea colloquy at the PCHA proceeding.

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