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COM. v. CLARK

533 Pa. 579 (1993)

626 A.2d 154

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Kenneth CLARK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Re-Submitted January 22, 1991.

Decided June 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Hugh J. Burns, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Kenneth Clark, seeks a new trial on the grounds that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor's alleged reference to Appellant's post-arrest silence. The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County found trial counsel not to be ineffective. The Superior Court affirmed 395 Pa.Super. 650, 570 A.2d 586. We are now called upon to review the Superior Court's Order.

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