· 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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