Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/27/1985

Commonwealth v. Martin

Citations

499 A.2d 344
346 Pa. Super. 129
1985 Pa. Super. LEXIS 8743

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sentencing court lacked jurisdiction to make a concurrent sentence into a consecutive sentence five months after the original concurrent sentence had been entered
court lacked jurisdiction to modify a sentence, more than 30 days after imposition, so as to run consecutive to another sentence
decision to testify was ultimately and solely the defendant’s, and strategic errors, without specific incidents of counsel impropriety, were insufficient to find trial counsel ineffective
decision to testify was ultimately and solely the defendant’s, and strategic errors, without specific incidents of counsel impropriety, were insufficient to find trial counsel ineffective
court lacked jurisdiction to modify a sentence, more than 30 days after imposition, so as to run consecutive to another sentence
an effective waiver of appellate rights must be an intentional relinquishment of a known right

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Cercone, Lipez

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