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COMMONWEALTH v. SANTIAGO

240 Pa.Super. 63 (1976)

Commonwealth v. Santiago, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Davison, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Allan B. Goodman, Assistant District Attorney, and Charles H. Spaziani, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P. J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.

OPINION BY CERCONE, J., April 22, 1976:

This is an appeal from appellant's guilty plea to the charge of robbery.1 Appellant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in the entering of his plea because he was not informed by counsel that intoxication could have negated an element of the offense. See Section 308 of the Crimes Code.2 Although it does not appear on the record, appellant contends...

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