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COMMONWEALTH v. BROWN

500 Pa. 318 (1983)

456 A.2d 148

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles E. BROWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marlene S. Cooperman, Philadelphia (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Sarah B. Vandenbraak, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Judgments of sentence vacated and record remanded to Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia for an evidentiary hearing on the question of whether trial counsel provided appellant with effective assistance. If on remand the court determines that counsel did not provide effective assistance, it shall grant appellant a new trial. If the court determines that counsel was effective, it shall reinstate...

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