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· 7/1/1983

Commonwealth v. Rawles

Citations

  • 462 A.2d 619
  • 501 Pa. 514
  • 1983 Pa. LEXIS 610

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding specific intent to kill when the victim was fatally stabbed in the chest
  • decisions within the realm of sound trial strategy do not form the basis for a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel
  • \failure to make opening statement is within realm of sound trial strategy\
  • “failure to make opening statement is within realm of sound trial strategy”
  • collecting cases at 1161-1162 n. 8

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Judges: Flaherty, Larsen, McDermott, Nix, Roberts

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