Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Richard SMITH
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1983-03-22
Citations: 500 Pa. 456
Docket Number: Petition No. 170 Western District Allocatur Docket 1982
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Richard SMITH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 500
Pages: 456–457

Head Matter:
457 A.2d 858
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Richard SMITH.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 22, 1983.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted. The case is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County for enlargement of the record or other determination of the circumstances surrounding sentence and upon the development of such record, for determination of the merits of petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance arising out of prior counsel's failure to raise alleged noncompliance with Commonwealth v. Riggins, 474 Pa. 155, 377 A.2d 140 (1977).