Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1999

Commonwealth v. Costa

Commonwealth v. Costa
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 16, 1999
555 Pa. 477; 725 A.2d 176; 1999 Pa. LEXIS 659

Commonwealth v. Costa

Opinion of the Court

*478 ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 16th day of March, 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, limited to the following issue:

Was Petitioner rendered ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object and move for a mistrial in response to the prosecutor’s elicitation of testimony from Detective Rok concerning Petitioner’s assertion of his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent following his arrest?

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