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· 7/5/1979

Commonwealth v. Zakrzewski

Citations

  • 403 A.2d 516
  • 485 Pa. 532
  • 1979 Pa. LEXIS 642

How courts have described this case

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  • guilty plea; colloquy did not explain elements of murder; held, counsel ineffective for failing to advise that colloquy was defective and plea therefore invalid
  • guilty plea; colloquy did not explain elements of murder; held, counsel ineffective for failing to advise that colloquy was defective and plea therefore invalid
  • issue of defense counsels ineffectiveness not waived where the issue is not raised on direct appeal where trial counsel and appellate counsel were one and the same

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Judges: Commonwealth, Eagen, Flaherty, Larsen, Manderino, Minor, Nix, O'Brien, Roberts, See

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