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Commonwealth v. Williams

Citations

  • 410 A.2d 835
  • 269 Pa. Super. 544
  • 1979 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2898

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  • stating that “[a]bandoned property may be obtained and used for evidentiary purposes by the police. The evidence must be suppressed only if the abandonment has been coerced by unlawful police action.”
  • failure to raise issue of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness in Rule 1925 statement may be deemed a waiver of the issue by appellate court; however, counsel failure, under the circumstances, did not preclude effective review

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Judges: Cercone, Wieand, Hoffman

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