Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Frank COSTA, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-03-16
Citations: 725 A.2d 176
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Frank COSTA, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 725
Pages: 176–176

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Frank COSTA, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 16, 1999.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 16th day of March, 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, limited to the following issue:
Was Petitioner 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?