Opinion

Commonwealth v. Tabas

  • 308 Pa. Super. 43
  • 454 A.2d 12
  • 1982 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3888
Court
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Apr 12, 1982
Status
Published
Author
Wickersham
On the bench
Wickersham, Hoffman, Van Voort
Cited by
5 cases

Opinion by Van der Voort, J. remanding on other grounds; Wickersham filed Dissenting Statement in which he found no reason to remand; Hoffman, J. filed a Concurring and Dissenting Opinion in which he would remand for reasons in addition to that of Judge Van der Voort.

How later courts described this case

  • Opinion by Van der Voort, J. remanding on other grounds; Wickersham filed Dissenting Statement in which he found no reason to remand; Hoffman, J. filed a Concurring and Dissenting Opinion in which he would remand for reasons in addition to that of Judge Van der Voort.

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

WICKERSHAM, Judge,

dissenting:

I would affirm the judgment of sentence.

It is clear from the record that trial counsel gave consideration to calling Deborah Dalton as a witness but that there was a Fifth Amendment problem as she was subject to trial on similar charges. It is not clear that she was a material witness for the defense.

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