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COM. v. THOMPSON

543 Pa. 634 (1996)

674 A.2d 217

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Junior THOMPSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, Marcelle Benjamin, for appellant.

Catherine Marshall, Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This case comes before the Court on appellant's claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the instructions given by the trial court in its final charge to the jury. Appellant asserts that the charge as given was deficient in two specific areas: failure to include a no adverse inference instruction1 and failure to advise the jury that appellant could be convicted...

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