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COM. v. PRIOVOLOS

552 Pa. 364 (1998)

715 A.2d 420

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Ernest PRIOVOLOS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Macneil Killinger, Norristown, for Com.

Thomas J. Short, Oreland, for Ernest Priovolos.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

We allowed appeal in this case to determine whether the Superior Court erred in remanding the matter for a new hearing pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546, on the basis that PCRA counsel who represented Appellee at the initial hearing was ineffective.

On January 19, 1990, a jury convicted Appellee Ernest H. Priovolos ("Priovolos") of third degree murder and related...

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