Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. James Vincent SANDUTCH, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-09-28
Citations: 495 Pa. 667
Docket Number: Appeal No. 235 E.D.Misc.Dkt. 1981
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. James Vincent SANDUTCH, Petitioner.
Judges: ROBERTS, FLAHERTY, and WILKINSON, JJ., vote to join in grant.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 495
Pages: 667–668

Head Matter:
435 A.2d 1215
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. James Vincent SANDUTCH, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Sept. 28, 1981.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
The petition for allowance of appeal is granted 428 A.2d 170. The case is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Criminal Division, with instructions to conduct an evidentiary hearing and to determine the merits of petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel arising out of trial counsel's failure to produce additional evidence of prejudicial publicity to support his motion for a change of venue.
It is so ordered.
ROBERTS, FLAHERTY, and WILKINSON, JJ., vote to join in grant.