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Commonwealth v. Kretchmar

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Aug 7, 1996
679 A.2d 774 (Pa. 1996)

Opinion

August 7, 1996.

Appeal No. 074 E.D. 1996, from Superior Court, 449 Pa. Super. 722, 674 A.2d 316 (1995).


ORDER


AND NOW, this 7th day of August, 1996, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, limited to the issues of: (1) whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to introduce at trial records from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which would show that Petr sold a .22 caliber rifle prior to the murder; (2) whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to obtain and introduce at trial newspaper articles published after the murder, which revealed that the victim had been shot in the head; (3) whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to present testimony of a representative of the National Football League to show that the Commonwealth's witness was not employed by the National Football League at the time of the killing; and (4) whether appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the substance of the above issues.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Kretchmar

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Aug 7, 1996
679 A.2d 774 (Pa. 1996)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Kretchmar

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Gary L. KRETCHMAR, Petitioner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Aug 7, 1996

Citations

679 A.2d 774 (Pa. 1996)
679 A.2d 774

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