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COM. v. STONEHOUSE

521 Pa. 41 (1989)

555 A.2d 772

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Carol STONEHOUSE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester G. Nauhaus, Public Defender, John H. Corbett, Jr., Chief — Appellate Div., Shelley Stark, Appellate Counsel, Office of the Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

David Rudovsky, Philadelphia, amicus curiae, for Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, etc.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Dara A. DeCourcy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.*

The issues of concern presented by this appeal involve the ineffectiveness of trial counsel in a homicide case in 1) failing to request jury instructions that would require the jury to consider the cumulative effects of psychological and physical abuse when assessing the reasonableness of a battered person's fear of imminent...

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