Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/10/1993

Commonwealth v. Edmiston

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634 A.2d 1078
535 Pa. 210
1993 Pa. LEXIS 252

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holding that the defendant’s voluntary appearance at the police barracks to answer questions regarding a missing child constituted a mere encounter in which he was under no official compulsion to respond
holding that an evidentiary hearing is not required in the absence or proof indicating the ineffectiveness claim has arguable merit
holding an evidentiary hearing is not required in the absence of proof indicating the ineffectiveness claim has arguable merit
holding an evidentiary hearing is not required in the absence of proof indicating the ineffectiveness claim has arguable merit
indicating that, in context of a trial, reference to fifth amendment rights may be analyzed under harmless error standard
specifying that all claims a litigant desires our court to consider are required to be set forth in the appellate brief and not just incorporated by reference

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Montemuro, Papadakos

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