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COM. v. BARKELBAUGH

526 Pa. 133 (1990)

584 A.2d 927

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Thomas BARKELBAUGH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony W. DeBernardo, Jr., Richard H. Galloway & Associates, Greensburg, for appellant.

John J. Driscoll, Dist. Atty., Judith Karns Ciszek, Asst. Dist. Atty., Amy Keim, Greensburg, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

Appellant argues in this case that he suffered from ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to object, move for a new trial, or demand a jury instruction to the prosecutor's closing remarks regarding his unemployment status at the time of the robbery.1 The failure, it is alleged, allowed in motive evidence to commit the crime and thereby...

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