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500 Pa. 318

Commonwealth v. Brown

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 4, 1983

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1983-02-04

Decided 1983-02-04

¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2Judgments of sentence vacated and record remanded to Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia for an evidentiary hearing on the question of whether trial counsel provided appellant with effective assistance. If on remand the court determines that counsel did not provide effective assistance, it shall grant appellant a new trial. If the court determines *319that counsel was effective, it shall reinstate the judgments of sentence. Either party may appeal to this Court from an adverse determination.

LARSEN, McDERMOTT and ZAPPALA, JJ., would affirm the judgments of sentence.
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