· 1/27/1975
Commonwealth v. Twiggs
Citations
- 331 A.2d 440
- 460 Pa. 105
- 1975 Pa. LEXIS 613
How courts have described this case
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- where judgment of sentence was vacated pending an evidentiary hearing on appellant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim
- where judgment of sentence was vacated pending an evidentiary hearing on appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim
- counsel may decide as a matter of trial strategy not to call a witness
- where only issue is credibility, failure to call known witnesses may be ineffective assistance
- failure to subpoena witness who had testified for defense in first trial
- failure to subpoena witness who had testified for defense in first trial
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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