Opinion

Commonwealth v. Brown

  • 478 Pa. 628
  • 387 A.2d 665
  • 1978 Pa. LEXIS 691
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Jun 5, 1978
Status
Published
Author
Pomeroy
On the bench
Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
Cited by
5 cases
Authority
More cited than 9.7%

The opinion

*630 POMEROY, Justice,

concurring.

Appellant asserts a number of instances of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness. My review of these claims convinces me that there is arguable merit in several of them and that failure of trial counsel to take action or pursue a different tactic could, absent some reasonable basis for counsel’s action, add up to constitutional ineffectiveness. On the basis of the present record, however, it is not possible to ascertain the purpose for counsel’s omissions. Thus, I concur in the remand for an evidentiary hearing. See Commonwealth v. Hubbard, 472 Pa. 259 , 372 A.2d 687 (1977).

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