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Commonwealth v. Costa

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 16, 1999
725 A.2d 176 (Pa. 1999)

Opinion

March 16, 1999.

Petition No. 524 Western District Alloc. Dkt. 1998, for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court dated July 7, 1998.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 16th day of March 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, limited to the following issue:

Was Petitoner rendered ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object and move for a mistrial in response to the prosecutor's elicitation of testimony from Detective Rok concerning Petitioner's assertion of his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent following his arrest?


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Costa

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 16, 1999
725 A.2d 176 (Pa. 1999)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Costa

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Frank COSTA, Petitoner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 16, 1999

Citations

725 A.2d 176 (Pa. 1999)
725 A.2d 176