Commonwealth v. Pettus

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1981-02-05

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ROBERTS, Justice, dissenting. The majority errs in rejecting the present allegations of ineffective assistance out of hand. On this record, it is far from apparent why trial counsel failed to seek a hearing on whether homicide charges against appellant should be transferred to juvenile court. Our cases are clear that where, as here, “it is impossible to tell from the record whether…

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