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COM. v. CARTER

502 Pa. 433 (1983)

466 A.2d 1328

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Charles CARTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn J. Gelb, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler Chief, Appeals Div., Stuart Haimowitz, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

Appellant, Charles Carter, appeals directly from the judgment of sentence of ten to twenty years imprisonment imposed by Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas following his conviction by a jury of third degree murder.1 Appellant argues his trial counsel was ineffective because he did not make an exception when the trial court failed to instruct the jury on the complete statutory definition...

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