Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

477 Pa. 552

Commonwealth v. Staples

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1978

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1978-04-28

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently January 1984

1 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1978-04-28

View the full empirical analysis of this case →

¶1OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

¶2Pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act of 1966, 19 P.S. §§ 1180-1-1180-12 (Supp.1977), appellant petitioned for post-conviction relief from his convictions for second degree murder and armed robbery, which petition was denied on April 6, 1977.

¶3In this appeal from the denial of relief, appellant asserts that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to request the trial judge to specifically charge the jury on alibi defense and that he was denied due process of law when police refused his requests to be taken before the hospitalized victim of the shooting involved herein for identification.

¶4Upon examination of the records of both the trial and the Post-Conviction hearing, we find appellant’s contentions to be without merit.

¶5The order denying Post-Conviction relief is affirmed.

/477/pa/552 · .json · Public domain