Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1983

Commonwealth v. Smith

Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 22, 1983
500 Pa. 456; 457 A.2d 858; 1983 Pa. LEXIS 575

Commonwealth v. Smith

Opinion of the Court

*457ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted. The case is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County for enlargement of the record or other determination of the circumstances surrounding sentence and upon the development of such record, for determination of the merits of petitioner’s claim of ineffective assistance arising out of prior counsel’s failure to raise alleged noncompliance with Commonwealth v. Riggins, 474 Pa. 155, 377 A.2d 140 (1977).

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