Commonwealth v. Beaver
This text of 364 A.2d 1356 (Commonwealth v. Beaver) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Pennsylvania primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
ORDER
The petition for allowance of appeal is granted. Judgment of sentence vacated. 240 Pa.Super. 703, 356 A.2d 367. Case remanded for an evidentiary hearing to determine if trial counsel’s failure to move for mistrial or seek questioning of jurors, concerning their knowledge of newspaper articles about appellant which were published during trial, constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. If the hearing court determines that trial counsel was not ineffective, the judgment of sentence shall be reinstated. If the hearing court determines that trial counsel was ineffective, new trial shall be granted. The order of the hearing court may be appealed.
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364 A.2d 1356, 469 Pa. 236, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-beaver-pa-1976.